O Cruceiro, also known as El Crucerios de la Universitad,[1] is an outdoor granite sculpture installed on the University of Portland campus in Portland, Oregon, United States.
[2] It was designed by Marvin Swartz and sculpted by Eldimiro Fernandez Justo,[1] having been commissioned by Dr. Manuel "Manny" Jato Macias in 1984 in memory of his parents and brother.
Cruceiros are found at crossroads, plazas / and Church yards.
They remind one of the Christian / Faith, encourage meditation and elicit prayers.
/ The figures are the Crucified Christ, Virgen del / Carmen and Santiago de Compostela (St. James).