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Mermaid statue “Sirena de Boca” in Boca del Rio, Veracruz

The mermaid statue "Sirena de Boca" can be found in a small alcove by Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho next to the Gulf of Mexico in Boca del Río, Veracruz.  About a mile off-shore is the Isla de Sacrificios (Island of Sacrifices).  map

The mermaid "Sirena De Boca"
Sirena De Boca

The bronze mermaid statue was created by sculptor Ricardo Ponzanelli, was named "Sirena de Boca" and was placed here in November of 2007.  The inscription by the City Council  quotes part of a poem by Cuban poet Julián del Casal entitled "El Poeta y la Sirena" (The Poet and the Mermaid):

Surge de entre las ondas azuladas
Una deidad risueña y misteriosa,
De frescos labios de color de rosa
Y un seno de marfil, encantador.
Su lúcido cabello de azabache
Rueda sobre sus hombros de alabastro,
Tienen sus ojos el fulgor de un astro
Y el fuego centelleante del amor.
Emerging from the blue waves
A cheerful and mysterious deity,
With fresh pink lips
And an enchanting ivory breast.
Her splendid raven hair 
Locks on her alabaster shoulders
Her eyes have the glow of a star
And the flashing fire of love.
Sirena De Boca
Sirena De Boca
Sirena De Boca
Sirena De Boca
Sirena De Boca.  Photo by Emilio Tejeda.
Sirena De Boca
The mermaid statue Sirena De Boca in Veracruz.  Photo by Jean Duruisseau.

References:
● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian del Casal
● The Mermaids of Earth coffee-table book: See page 146 in the book about this sculpture.

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