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Monument als màrtirs de la Independència

Monument to the Martyrs of Independence

Josep Llimona & Vicenç Navarro i Romero
1929-30/41

Barcelona / Monument als màrtirs de la Independència

Description

Sculpture group of five bronze figures, surmounted by a stone relief of two angels.

Inscription(s)

el p. jvan gallia : el dr. joaqvin pov
d. jvan massana : d. salvador avlet
d. jose navarro : d. pedro lastortras
d. jvlian portet : y : d. ramon mas
sacrificaron sv vida
por dios por la patria. y : por el rey
LA CIVDAD AGRADECIDA
enaltece aqvi perpetvament sv memoria
mcmxxix

Signed: j. llimona
gabriel bechini / fvndidor / barcelona

Annotation

The monument is dedicated to the citizens of Barcelona, who in 1809 were executed when the city rose against the Napoleonic occupation.
Llimona made the bronze group in 1929-30, it was placed on this location in 1941. The stone angels are made by Navarro. The architectural design is by Pere Benavent de Barberà i Abelló. The square is named after a man who gifted his house to the city, the house was subsequently demolished to create the square.

Sculptors

Josep Llimona i Bruguera (Barcelona 1864 - Barcelona 1934), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).
Vicenç Navarro i Romero (Valencia 1888 - Barcelona 1978), Catalan sculptor.

Location (N 41°23'0" - E 2°10'32")

Item Code: escy038; Photograph: 5 September 2011
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