page_title: Monument to General Espartero (Madrid)
section_title: In popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Monument to General Espartero (Madrid) / In popular culture
caption_attribution_description: Español: Estatua ecuestre del General Joaquín Baldomero Fernández Álvarez Espartero, Príncipe de Vergara, en Madrid, confluencia de la Calle Alcalá con la de Velázquez. Esculpida por Pablo Gibert y fundida en los talleres barceloneses de José Comas Blanc, 1886.
context_page_description: Espartero or the monument to General Espartero, is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. A work by Pablo Gibert, it is dedicated to General Baldomero Espartero, "the Peacemaker".
context_section_description: The monument has a near-replica in Logroño, with only a few variations (the position of the right hand and the bicorne, this time on the general's head).
  The horse's testicular attributes, just like those of its replica in Logroño, are linked to the origin of Spanish-language popular aphorisms such as "tiene los cojones como el caballo de Espartero", "tienes más huevos que el caballo de Espartero" or "le ha echado más huevos que el caballo de Espartero", comparing the "balls" of someone to those of the horse, used when it comes to point out the courage or bravery of that person in some difficult situation.
  Pop band Mecano recorded a song about the statue in 1988, yet it was not eventually released in any album.
caption: Closer look of the statue
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