Pau Claris - Barcelona, Spain
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The statue of the clergyman Pau Claris is located at the end of the Passeig de Lluís Companys next to the Arc the Triomf in Barcelona.
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Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 03/25/2016
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Created by Rafael Atché i Ferré and dedicated in 1917, Pau Claris statue was withdrawn and saved during the Spanish Civil War and repositioned in 1977. Right from its dedication, but with interruptions due to the war and the subsequent political persecution of the Catalan culture, the place has become a meeting point and commemoration of the political sensitivities on the brink of Catalan independence. The larger than life size statue shows Pau Claris standing and probably making a speech with a raised righ arm and holding his cape with his left hand.
Pau Claris i Casademunt (January 1, 1586 – February 27, 1641) was a Catalan lawyer, clergyman and 94th President of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia at the beginning of the Catalan Revolt. On January 16, 1641, he proclaimed the Catalan Republic under the protection of France. The same year of his death, Francesc Fontanella published Panegíric a La Mort De Pau Claris.
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