“TWO SHORES” in Newfoundland Canada

In memory of the 21 courageous sailors who lost their lives in the devastating sinking of the fishing vessel, Villa de Pitanxo in Ferbruary 2022, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, the families of the deceased sailors from the Villa de Pitanxo fishing vessel, participated on Friday the 21st of June 2024, in an emotional ceremony to unveil a plaque with the names of the 21 sailors who died on February 15, 2022 as well as the sculpture ¨Dos Orillas¨ by Arturo Berned.

The event was organised by Alfredo Martinez, Ambassador of Spain to Canada along with local Newfoundland authorities. The ceremony was held in St. John’s, Newfoundalnd, Canada. The artwork was donated by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Canada in coordination with the Embassy of Spain.

Arturo Berned designed this sculpture representing the ¨two shores¨ of the Atlantic that, united, converse; the separation and the tear but also the reunion in a place where the plains meet. It represents a homage to our missing sailors, buried in the Northern Atlantic. It’s powerful and very beautiful, and it will change the memory and remembrance of our sailors in Newfoundland.

© Spanish Chamber of Commerce  in Canada,