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Plaça Mossèn Jacint Verdaguer

Monument a Verdaguer

Monument for Verdaguer

Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló
"mossèn Cinto" (Father Cinto)
Folgueroles 1845 - Vallvidrera 1902
Catalan poet and writer
(Wikipedia)

Joan Borrell i Nicolau & Miquel and Llucià Oslé
1924

Description

Bronze statue on a high pillar, the pillar is surrounded by three allegorical sculpture, each with on both sides reliefs referring to various poems of Verdaguer, particularly L'Atlàntida.

Inscription(s)

On the pillar:

A MOSSEN
JACINTO
VERDAGUER

1845
-
1902

Signed: (reliefs) m y l / oslé

Annotation

The architect was Josep M. Pericas. The bronze statue and the stone allegories are made y Borell, the relief by the brothers Llucià and Miquel Oslé.

Sculptors

Joan Borrell i Nicolau (Barcelona 1888-Barcelona 1951), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).
Miquel and Llucià Oslé i Sáenz de Medrano (Miquel: Barcelona 1879 - Barcelona 1960; Llucià Barcelona 1880 - Barcelona 1951), brothers, Catalan sculptors (Wikipedia: Miquel and Llucià).

Sources & Information

Pobles de Catalunya, Barcelonès.

Locatie (N 41°23'56" - E 2°10'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: escy049; Photograph: 5 September 2011
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