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7e Centenari de la signatura dels pareatges

7th Centenary of the Signing of the Paréages

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Luigi Teruggi
1978

Andorra la Vella / 7e Centenari de la signatura dels pareatges

Description

Stele with a bronze relief in two sections:

the upper section shows the signing of the first paréage in Lleida on 8 September 1278 by the Count of Foix, Roger-Bernard III, and the Bishop of Urgell, Pere d'Urtx, establishing their joint-sovereignty over the territory of Andorra.
the lower section the celebration of the 700th anniversary in 1978 by the co-princes, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, president of France, and Joan Martí i Alanis, Bishop of Urgell.

Inscription(s)

7e CENTENARI DE LA SIGNATURA
DELS PAREATGES
1278 - 1978

Signature

L. Teruggi

Sculptor

Luigi Teruggi (Fontaneto d'Agogna, Novara 1934), Italian sculptor in Milan.

Locatie (N 42°30'23" - E 1°31'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: and23; Photograph: 3 September 2011
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