Monument to Canalejas

The monument to Canalejas, in Alicante

The monument to Canalejas marks the entrance of a verdant park at the end of the Explanada de España, in Alicante, in tribute to the politician José Canalejas. The Alicante audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this square and this park planted with giant ficus trees and guarded by sculptures of lions, dedicated to a Spanish minister with a tragic destiny of the early twentieth century.

The tribute to a Spanish statesman

At the end of the esplanade, you see a square that marks the entrance of a park. The square, the monument and the park are all named in honour of José Canalejas. If you wonder who he is, know that he was a Spanish politician of the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, which explains why he is little familiar to you. He was several times minister, president of the Congress and deputy, before dying assassinated in an attack in Madrid in 1912. He rests in the Pantheon of illustrious men, in the district of the Retiro in Madrid, where some of the greatest names of Spanish history are buried. Let us evoke his memory with respect, he whose career was brutally interrupted by violence. The square opens onto the park of the same name, guarded by fine stone sculptures representing lions and a dog. This park is especially famous for its giant ficus trees, these majestic trees that you find a little everywhere in Alicante and that can reach some twenty metres high, offering a generous shade and a soothing setting of greenery in the very heart of the town. If you wish to prolong your exploration, do not hesitate to stroll there, away from the bustle of the esplanade. A commemorative square and a gateway to a shaded park, the monument to Canalejas is a fine stop of the discovery of Alicante.

What to see

Here you discover, at the end of the Explanada de España, a square and a park dedicated to José Canalejas, a Spanish politician several times minister, who died assassinated in Madrid in 1912 and is buried in the Pantheon of illustrious men; the park, guarded by stone sculptures of lions and a dog, is famous for its giant ficus trees that can reach some twenty metres. The monument to Canalejas is a gateway of greenery of Alicante. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The monument to Canalejas lies at the end of the Explanada de España, at the entrance of the park of the same name, in Alicante, reachable on foot. Square and park are freely accessible, shaded by giant ficus trees, pleasant for a walk. You discover them during a stroll along the esplanade.

Who was José Canalejas, whose monument is in Alicante?

A Spanish politician of the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, several times minister, president of the Congress and deputy, who died assassinated in an attack in Madrid in 1912 and is buried in the Pantheon of illustrious men; in Alicante, a square, a monument and a park planted with giant ficus trees bear his name, at the end of the Explanada de España.

Where is the monument to Canalejas in Alicante?

At the end of the Explanada de España, at the entrance of the Canalejas park, in Alicante, in Spain.