Nensi the Leganés Monster

When the owners of a new mall decided to decorate the access roundabout, they commissioned the famous sculptor Eladio de Mora (better known as “dEmo”). The artist planned a big fountain and a play on words: Leganés, like Lago Ness, and its monster.

The fountain is kidney-shaped, with palm trees rising around it and two monstrous creatures at the center. The artist chose a local comic character, “Nensi” and took a sea serpent as a model, rather than the usual plesiosaur. He also added a baby with her. When the statue was first unveiled, de Mora told the newspaper El Mundo, “I put another monster mainly because the fountain was very empty with only one animal.”

Both monsters frolic playfully in the water. The monument, which was made using polyester resin and broken tiles (a technique known as trencadís) was inaugurated in 2009.