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The bronze figure at the entrance of the Las Penas Huertanas park in Los Alcázares looks proud and proud. Probably the artist who made the three-meter-high work of art intended it that way. The image is that of an agricultural worker, who, despite an extremely hard life in the fields of the province of Murcia, has maintained his self-esteem.
Los Alcázares has a long history in which agricultural workers played a prominent role. Centuries ago, many residents were forced to leave the coast to make a lean living in the agricultural sector. Work along the Med was scarce. But there was another important reason. Many people found refuge inland from the regular, brutal raids that pirates carried out along the coast.
Though safer, their life was particularly hard there. The people lived in the interior in so-called barracas, temporary shelters made of sticks and mud. The image of this agricultural worker is intended as an ode to this large population group, which stood at the cradle of what is now Los Alcázares. A tribute that was previously paid in the name of the park where this man proudly looks out into the world despite everything. Las Penas Huertanas means as much as The hardships of the farmers.
