Sculptor: Arthur Dooley

Date: 1979

Location: On the north bank of the River Clyde next to Glasgow Bridge, opposite the Custom House on Clyde Street.

Description: The figure of Spanish Civil War Republican leader Dolores Ibarruri (nicknamed ‘the passion flower’ or ‘la pasionara’) pays tribute to the 534 volunteers from Britain (65 from Glasgow) who lost their lives in the conflict. It has the inscription ‘Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees’