Statue of Hans Christian Andersen — Attraction in Málaga

December 2022: The statue of Hans Christian Andersen is a sculpture located in Málaga (Andalusia, Spain) in honor of the famous Danish writer, made by José María Córdoba commissioned by the Danish Royal House, and the writer is represented sitting on a bench, in a relaxed attitude , was inaugurated in 2005. The work is located in the Plaza de la Marina in the Centro district.

The reason for this work is to commemorate the writer's visit in October 1862, and that he collected in his work Viaje por España.

Of the city of Málaga, Andersen wrote that "in no other Spanish city have I come to feel so happy and at ease as in Málaga".

Hans Christian Andersen spent some days in Malaga in 1862. Captivated by the beauty of Malaga, he wrote that "In no other Spanish city I have felt as happy as in Malaga."

A bronze statue of him sitting on a bench was inaugurated in 2005. The work is located in the Plaza de la Marina. It invites you to sit next...

The great Danish author and fabulist, Hans Christian Andersen visited Malaga in October 1862. His bronze statue in the Malaga city centre commemorates this time. For me, Hans Christian Andersen is the author of fantastic fairy tales from my childhood. I'm inviting all my peers born in the 1960s to sit on a bench next to the writer, close their eyes and remember distant, fantastic fairy-tale childhood times. I did it in...

La famiglia reale danese commissionò questa statua in bronzo, opera della scultrice María Córdoba, che raffigura l'autore danese seduto su una panchina in una posa rilassata. L'autore della Sirenetta e del brutto anatroccolo fu probabilmente visto in questa stessa posa in più occasioni durante il suo soggiorno nella nostra città nei primi giorni di ottobre del 1862. Scrisse di questo periodo della sua vita nel suo libro "In Spagna". Affascinato dalla bellezza di Malaga, dal suo mare, dalla sua luminosità e dalla sua gente, Andersen scrisse "in nessun'altra città spagnola sono stato così felice e a mio agio come a Malaga". La statua invita l'osservatore a sedersi accanto allo scrittore, ad ammirare e rispettare la sua opera e ad apprezzare il fatto che fu un pioniere tra i viaggiatori, poiché il suo viaggio fu uno dei primissimi tour culturali...