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Bisbe Oliba

Bishop Oliva

Besalú 971 - Sant Miquel de Cuixà, el Conflent, 1046
count of Berga (998-1003) and Ripoll and later bishop of Vic (1018-1046) and abbot of Sant Miquel de Cuixà
(Wikipedia)

Domènec Fita
2002

Description

Aluminium or steel statue of the bishop with in his hands a book with the inscription "Pau i treva" (Peace and Truce).

Inscription(s)

Oliba
bisbe de Vic
abat de Ripoll
i de Cuixà
971 - 1046

Oliba
Pare de la Patria
Vic 2002

Signed: Fita 2002

Sculptor

Domènec Fita i Molat (Girona 1927), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 41°55'42" - E 2°15'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: escy020; Photograph: 4 September 2011
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