Monument to the fabulist · Laguardia

The Monument to the Fabulist was inaugurated during the San Juan festivities of 1883, under the mayoralty of Telesforo Rabanera. Located in the north corner of the Paseo del Collado, known as El Crucifijo, it consists of an iron kiosk with an oriental style trellis, supported by eight columns on an octagonal stone base with steps. The bronze bust rests on a pedestal of white Angoulême stone, with the inscription: "The town of Laguardia to its distinguished son D. Félix Mª Samaniego". The work of the architect Severino Achúcarro and the artist Vicente Larrea, both from Bilbao, the monument honors the famous fabulist, author of Las Moscas (The Flies).