Monument to Watchmaker Losada

Iruela es un pequeño pueblo de La Cabrera , al suroeste de la provincia de León. Este pueblo vio nacer a Jose Rodriguez , el famoso "Relojero de Losada" .Aquí paso su infancia y siempre tuvo gran habilidad en el terreno de la mecánica . Las cosas no le fueron demasiado bien en España y tuvo que marcharse a Londres , alla por los años 1860, donde trabajo como relojero de la marina inglesa . Su labor en la relojeria ha sido reconocida a nivel internacional , siendo autor de obras tan conocidas como el Reloj de la Puerta del Sol, que el mismo construyo y dono a la villa de Madrid. Los habitantes de su pueblo natal le han rendido homenaje con esta escultura , situada en la plaza que lleva su mismo nombre ,inaugurada en 1993.

Iruela is a small village of La Cabrera, southwest of the province of Leon. This town was the birthplace of Jose Rodriguez, the famous "Watchmaker de Losada" .Here spent his childhood and always had great skill in the field of mechanics. Things did not go too well in Spain and had to go to London, back in the 1860s, where he worked as watchmakers of the British navy. His work in the horological has been recognized internationally, he is the author of works as well known as the Clock from Puerta del Sol, the same built and donated to the town of Madrid. The people of his hometown have paid tribute to this sculpture, located in the square that bears his name, opened in 1993.