Asturcones, Oviedo

The urban sculpture known as Asturcones, located in the Plaza de la Escandalera, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

The urban landscape of this city is adorned by sculptural works, generally commemorative monuments dedicated to important people at first, and more purely artistic since the late twentieth century.

The sculptural group, made in bronze, is the work of Manuel Valdés Blasco, and is dated 2005. The work is the result of a commission made by the financial institution Cajastur to commemorate its 125th anniversary. It is a group composed of three life-size Asturcones, placed at ground level, to create an atmosphere of closeness with the citizens.

This sculptural group, which has a triangular shape, is the first with animal theme of the Valencian sculptor, while it is the first one he made for Asturias.