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The names of people who have contributed to the development of Guadalajara can also be found on the sculpture. Minerva is a Roman goddess who is linked to wisdom, medicine, crafts, art, poetry and commerce. Experts point out several points in common with the Greek goddess Athena, however, their respective histories have very different backgrounds.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=\u201d0\u2033 override_padding=\u201dyes\u201d h_padding=\u201d2\u2033 top_padding=\u201d3\u2033 bottom_padding=\u201d3\u2033 overlay_alpha=\u201d100\u2033 gutter_size=\u201d3\u2033 shift_y=\u201d0\u2033 row_height_use_pixel=\u201d\u201d][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=\u201dyes\u201d align_horizontal=\u201dalign_center\u201d gutter_size=\u201d4\u2033 font_family=\u201dfont-136269\u2033 overlay_alpha=\u201d50\u2033 shift_x=\u201d0\u2033 shift_y=\u201d0\u2033 shift_y_down=\u201d0\u2033 z_index=\u201d0\u2033 medium_width=\u201d0\u2033 mobile_width=\u201d0\u2033 zoom_width=\u201d0\u2033 zoom_height=\u201d0\u2033 column_width_pixel=\u201d800\u2033 uncode_shortcode_id=\u201d734696\u2033][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=\u201d0\u2033 overlay_alpha=\u201d50\u2033 gutter_size=\u201d3\u2033 shift_y=\u201d0\u2033 row_height_use_pixel=\u201d\u201d limit_content=\u201d\u201d][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=\u201d100\u2033 position_horizontal=\u201dleft\u201d align_horizontal=\u201dalign_center\u201d gutter_size=\u201d3\u2033 overlay_alpha=\u201d50\u2033 shift_x=\u201d0\u2033 shift_y=\u201d0\u2033 medium_width=\u201d0\u2033 zoom_width=\u201d0\u2033 zoom_height=\u201d0\u2033 width=\u201d1\/1\u2033][vc_custom_heading text_font=\u201dfont-136269\u2033 text_size=\u201dfontsize-338686\u2033 text_uppercase=\u201d\u201d uncode_shortcode_id=\u201d206106\u2033]<\/p>\n

THE EMBLEMATIC MONUMENT OF GUADALAJARA<\/h1>\n
[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text text_lead=\u201dyes\u201d uncode_shortcode_id=\u201d103267\u2033]It is a circular fountain with a diameter of 74 meters. At its center is the statue of the goddess Minerva (the Roman version of the goddess Athena), which measures eight meters from head to toe. She is a standing female figure with her right leg slightly set back and her trunk slightly turned to give the impression of movement; she is wrapped in a two-piece, sleeveless tunic, cinched at the waist. Over her shoulders and covering her chest she carries the aegis; on her head she wears a Roman-style crested war helmet. He holds in his hand a long spear or pike resting on the ground pointing upwards, slightly higher than the height of the crest of the helmet. In his left hand he holds a round argolic shield in the center of which appears the gorgoneion; leaning against the ground and between it and the shield is a thick python snake. It stands almost at the center of the circle formed by the fountain on an almost cubic pedestal which is flanked by two long walls slightly lower than the pedestal. Engraved on these walls are two legends; on the front side:<\/p>\n
\u201cJUSTICE, WISDOM AND FORTITUDE GUARD THIS LOYAL CITY\u201d.<\/p>\n
and on the back side:<\/p>\n
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