Ua ʻae ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Madrid, ma o ke Keʻena o Culture, Tourism and Sports, a me ka María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation e hoʻolōʻihi i kahi makahiki ʻē aʻe, a hiki i Dekemaba 2023, ke kau ʻana o ke kiʻi 'Julia', ka hana a ka mea pena ʻo Jaume Plensa. , ma ka Discovery Gardens o ka Plaza de Colón.
Mai ke aupuni municipal ua hōʻike lākou ua loaʻa kēia hoʻonohonoho, mai ka manawa mua, "he hoʻokipa nui i waena o ka poʻe o Madrid, nāna i hoʻokomo iā Julia i loko o ka ʻāina a ua lilo i hōʻailona hōʻailona o ke kapikala."
Mai Kekemapa 2018, ua hōʻike ʻia kēia kiʻi kiʻi 12-mika-kiʻekiʻe, i hana ʻia me ka resin polyester a me ka lepo marble keʻokeʻo, ma ka paepae kahiko ma Madrid's Plaza de Colón, ma kahi i noho mua ʻia e ke kiʻi o ka mea hoʻokele Genoese.
ʻO ke kiʻi kiʻi kahi ʻāpana o kahi papahana noʻeau hui o ka ʻaha kūlanakauhale ʻo Madrid a me ka María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation e hana i kahi wahi hōʻikeʻike hou ma ka Discovery Gardens.
Ua hiki i kēia hana kākoʻo iā Jaume Plensa, Velázquez Award for the Arts ma 2013, e hōʻike i kahi hana o kēia mau ʻano ma Sepania no ka manawa mua. No Plensa, "ʻo kāna mau kiʻi kiʻi poʻo me nā maka pani e kū ana ma nā wahi ākea e hōʻike ana i ka ʻike a me nā manaʻo kanaka."
“Pāʻa mau ko lākou mau maka no ka mea ʻo ka mea hoihoi iaʻu ʻo ka mea i loko o kēlā poʻo. Me he mea lā e noʻonoʻo ka mea nānā, i mua o kaʻu hana, he aniani a nānā ʻo ia iā ia, pani pū i kona mau maka, e hoʻāʻo e lohe i nā nani a pau a mākou e hūnā ai i loko o mākou, "wahi a ka mea kākau.
