Places of interest

Statue of Blessed Diego Ventaja


Statues and sculptures

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Diego Advantage Milan, was a almeriense cleric, who was born in Ohanes and was bishop of the city. He was killed at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War by the Bishop of Guadix, Manuel Medina Olmos. He made his ecclesiastical training in the Sacromonte but culminated in the Gregorian University in Rome where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy and theology.

He was beatified by Pope John Paul II, and the city was performed this work in its report that is in the Cathedral Square, next to the tower Belfry.

Estatua al beato Diego Ventaja en Almería
Estatua al beato Diego Ventaja en Almería

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