Statue of Pau Claris i Casademunt by Rafael Atché
Passeig de Lluís Companys
Barcelona, March 2017
“This bronze statue of Pau Claris was inaugurated in 1880 and originally stood on what is now Via Laietana. It was withdrawn from public display during the Spanish Civil War, as were other monuments to famous Catalan figures such as Dr Bartomeu Robert and Rafael Casanova. In 1977 the statues were restored and reinstated in new locations throughout Barcelona. Pau Claris Caseldemunt was born in Barcelona in 1586 and was the President of Catalonia at the start of the Catalan Revolt. In Catalan the revolt is called La Guerra dels Segadors which means the war of the reapers, refering to the farm workers who came to Barcelona from across Catalonia to take part in the revolution. Pau Claris died in 1641 shortly after the revolt began, allegedly poisoned by (for) Philip IV of Spain.” (Statue of Pau Claris, Barcelona Lowdown)
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