The Main Alameda de los Chatos
Since the beginning of the 19th century, the Alameda Principal had various decorative elements, including stone benches with iron backrests, which, according to Bejarano Robles, were not very comfortable. In addition, twenty-six statues reminiscent of Roman emperors adorned the promenade. Over time, all of them were mutilated, losing their noses. Bejarano humorously tells us that various rumours circulated about this event. Some said that they lost their noses at the hands of a foreigner who lost his nose in a love encounter. Others said that the statues themselves had lost their noses so as not to perceive the smells coming from the nearby Pescadería area. But the most deeply-rooted belief among artists is that it was said that since noses were "features" they had to be destroyed, and that was what some did to the letter. At the beginning of 1849, 8,000 reales were released for the repair of the iron backs and the statues, and in addition, Marín García, a councillor, gave the municipality four marble sculptures representing the four seasons. However, despite the reforms that were carried out, in 1877 the Avisador Malagueño continued to speak of the statues without noses and of their possible transfer to the nearby Alameda de los Tristes (Alameda de Colón).
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