Bust of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Sculpture by Pilar Cortella de Rubin in Houston, Texas, U.S.

29°43′19.8″N 95°23′17.4″W / 29.722167°N 95.388167°W / 29.722167; -95.388167

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is an outdoor sculpture of the Spanish explorer of the same name by Pilar Cortella de Rubin, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The bronze bust rests on a granite pedestal and was acquired by the City of Houston in 1986.^[1]

References

^ "Points of Interest: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca". Hermann Park Conservancy. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

Hermann Park

Points of interest

Hermann Park Golf Course
Hermann Park Railroad
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston Zoo
Japanese Garden
Lillian Schnitzer Fountain
Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool
McGovern Lake
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Pioneer Memorial
Sam Houston Monument

Public art

McGovern Centennial Gardens	Bust of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Bust of Benito Juárez Bust of José de San Martín Bust of José Martí Bust of José Rizal Bust of Ramón Castilla Bust of Robert Burns Bust of Simón Bolívar (1977) Bust of Vicente Rocafuerte Dawn (1931) Statue of Confucius (2009) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (2004) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (2007)
Atropos Key Brownie Oliver Twist Statue of George H. Hermann Statue of Richard W. Dowling