25 June 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | O Polbo


Postcard sent by Pedro (Spain), during a recent trip to A Coruña

O Polbo (='The Octopus')  is a work by Javier M. Padín Martínez. It was inaugurated along with other sculptures on the A Coruña seafront in 2004. This statue is made of reinforced concrete and covered with small, colorful ceramic pieces that change hue depending on the sunlight. It measures 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

On the background you can see the most famous landmark of this city: the Tower of Hercules,  the oldest known extant Roman lighthouse. It also appears on the pictorial postmark:


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Thursday Postcard Hunt
June theme: SHAPES
Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

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