Jaume el Conqueridor - Barcelona, Spain
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N 41° 22.962 E 002° 10.641
31T E 431215 N 4581568
The equestrian statue of James I of Aragon (Jaume el Conqueridor) in a corner niche of the Caixa de Barcelona building on Plaça de Sant Jaume, Barcelona.
Waymark Code: WMQR2J
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 03/21/2016
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James I the Conqueror (2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign saw the expansion of the House of Aragon in three directions: Languedoc to the north, the Balearic Islands to the south, and Valencia to the southwest. By a treaty with Louis IX of France, he wrested the county of Barcelona from nominal French suzerainty and integrated it into his crown. His part in the Reconquista was similar in Mediterranean Spain to that of his contemporary Ferdinand III of Castile in Andalusia.
James I the Conqueror equestrian statue by sculptor Manuel Fuxà was made in 1903 and can be seen at the Plaça de Sant Jaume next to the Casa de la Ciutat (Barcelona Town Hall).
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