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als Màrtirs
Architect: Josep Llimona and
Vicenç Navarro
Location: Carrer del Bisbe
Date of construction: 1809
Andreu Garriga Bachs donated
one of his houses so that a monument could be built there. It's called
the Monument to the Martyrs.
It is devoted to the people from Barcelona who fought against Napoleon
and were executed. They become the heroes of the Independence War.
This monument is a bronze sculpture made by Josep Llimona. The stone angel
placed on the wall was designed by Vicenç Navarro and inaugurated
in 1941. It belongs to the Gothic Square of Barcelona.
It is very close to Plaça Nova and Plaça Sant Jaume and
on the opposite side of the cloister of the beautiful C
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