Statue of a Canadian in Santiago

[NALs]

Probably a little known fact is that this image of the works of the first line of the Santiago Monorail being built by the government was recently made public.

That's the statue of Catholic priest Emiliano Tardif near the Hermanos Patiño Bridge in Santiago. Hopefully it will be repaired and reinaugurated along with the monorail.

What many probably don't know is that Emiliano Tardif was actually a Canadian. The statue was part of a small park dedicated to Emiliano Tardif. In addition there is a street and a school with his name in Santiago.

Emiliano Tardif - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Is he the only Canadian with a statue in the DR?

 

[Gadfly]

Just don’t relocate to central park with all those pigeons

 

[Joseph NY2STI]

I'm not sure why a man who preached peace and healing in D.R. and around the world would offend anyone, but so it is. With regard to destroying art, do you really want to be philosophically aligned with these barbarians?
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/25/taliban-welcomes-tourists-at-destroyed-ancient-buddha-statues.html

 

[william webster]

Lots of graves -number of perpetrators yet to be announced - as I read it

 

[NALs]

Reminder: This thread is about a statue and if there are other statues of Canadians in the DR. This is not about religion, the Catholic church, etc.

 

[AlterEgo]

All “religion” posts have been deleted. This thread is not about that.

 

[bob saunders]

I believe there is also an orphanage named after him as well.

 

[AlterEgo]

I believe there is also an orphanage named after him as well.

Yes, someone here was involved with helping there. Hillbilly maybe?

 

[La Profe_1]

Yes, someone here was involved with helping there. Hillbilly maybe?

Yes, along with a Spanish teacher from the US. Think her handle here is sbsuib.

 

[bachata]

Probably a little known fact is that this image of the works of the first line of the Santiago Monorail being built by the government was recently made public.

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That's the statue of Catholic priest Emiliano Tardif near the Hermanos Patiño Bridge in Santiago. Hopefully it will be repaired and reinaugurated along with the monorail.

What many probably don't know is that Emiliano Tardif was actually a Canadian. The statue was part of a small park dedicated to Emiliano Tardif. In addition there is a street and a school with his name in Santiago.

Emiliano Tardif - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Is he the only Canadian with a statue in the DR?

Two of my daughters went to the school that honor's his name.

JJ