Miliu - Barcelona, Spain
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N 41° 24.174 E 002° 10.416
31T E 430923 N 4583813
The figure of the Puppet Míliu created by Josep Torres i Vilalta, known as Toreski.
Waymark Code: WMD0QN
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 11/03/2011
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Josep Torres i Vilalta, known as Toreski(Barcelona 1869-1937) was a Catalan radio host, a pioneer in this field. He started as an actor and in 1893 went to South America with a zarzuela company, but in the early twentieth century became famous as ventríloc under the name of Toresky. In 1924 he became the first presenter of Radio Barcelona and made popular by his pseudonym, especially with the ongoing dialogue with a character called Miliu, which made ??charitable campaign that earned him a medal from the government of the Second Spanish Republic.
He is buried in the cemetery of the Courts of Barcelona.
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This Statue in bronze of Miliu the figure created by Josep Torres (Toreski) was placed in 1983 in the gardens of the park of the "Sagrada Familia" one the most visited places by tourists in the city of Barcelona.
On site it can be read:
"en "miliu"
personatge creat per
TORESKI
1869-1937
peoner de la radio catalana
des de setembre 1924"
"Miliu
figure created by
Toreski
1869-1937
pioneer of the Catalan radio
from September 1924 "
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