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Diego de Gardoqui

 
 
Diego de Gardoqui Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 17, 2022
1. Diego de Gardoqui Marker
Inscription. Envoy of the King of Spain to the U.S.A. Presented by His Majesty Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, to the City of Philadelphia in commemoration of the Bicentennial Era of the United States.
 
Erected 1977 by Luis Antonio Sanguino, Sculptor.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 39° 57.492′ N, 75° 10.153′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Logan Square. It can be reached from North 18th Street just south of Vine Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 N 18th St, Philadelphia PA 19103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wissahickon Valley (a few steps from this marker); Don Diego de Gardoqui / Thomas FitzSimons (a few steps from this marker); Thomas FitzSimons (a few steps from this marker); Archeology / Great Central Sanitary Fair (within shouting distance of this marker); Sister Cities (within shouting distance of this marker); General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Logan Square, Logan Circle / The Heart of the Parkway (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
Diego de Gardoqui Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 17, 2022
2. Diego de Gardoqui Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 244 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
 
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Jun. 23, 2026