Juan de Ávalos

Juan de Ávalos y García-Taborda (b. Mérida, October 21, 1911 – d. Clínica Virgen del Mar, Madrid, July 7, 2006) was a Spanish sculptor.

Author of Los amantes de Teruel (The Lovers of Teruel) in Teruel, Monumento a Luis Carrero Blanco (Monument to Luis Carrero Blanco) in Santoña, Cantabria, his most important works are those of the Valle de los Caídos ("The Valley of the Fallen"), a majestic monument in Madrid where Francisco Franco's body lies.

He married in 1937 María de la Soledad Carballo y Núñez and had two sons, Juan and Luis de Ávalos y Carballo.

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