The El Cid statue overlooks the Plaza de Panama, facing south toward the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. This 23-ft (7-m) tall bronze equestrian sculpture was dedicated in 1930 as a symbolic guardian of Balboa Park. Two other statues were made from the same mold -- one stands in the court of the Museum of the Hispanic Society in New York City; the other is in Seville, Spain. The statue is attributed to Anna Hyatt Huntington. and dated 1927.