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Jaume Balmes

Jaume Llucià Antoni Balmes i Urpià
(Spanish:Jaime Luciano Balmes y Urpiá)
Vic 1810 - Vic 1848
Catalan Spanish Catholic priest, eminent as a political writer and a philosopher
(Wikipedia)

Joan Borrell i Nicolau
1949

Description

Bronze statue of the sitting Balmes.

Inscription(s)

A
JAUME BALMES

On the back side of the monument:

las
diputaciones cataluña
a
BALMES
en el priver centenario
de su muerte
mdcccxlviii - mcmclviii

Signed: (statue) 1949? Borrellnicolau
v. gimeno - fundit / barna
(plaque on the back side) x. corbero / barcinonensis fecit

Sculptor

Joan Borrell i Nicolau (Barcelona 1888-Barcelona 1951), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 41°55'35" - E 2°15'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: escy022; Photograph: 4 September 2011
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