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21 April 2024

GIRONA, Spain. "Contra l'invasor" sculpture


Jardí de la Infància.

Contra l'invasor.
[Against the invader]

This sculpture is a bronze reproduction of the original, made of plaster in 1891 by the Catalan artist Miquel Blay i Fàbregas (Olot, 1866 - Madrid, 1936), which is kept in the Girona Art Museum. The young man, naked, in an aggressive attitude with a broken spearhead in his hands, represents the heroism of the inhabitants of the city against the invaders of Napoleon's French army, when, with 18,000 men, they besieged Girona for the third time on the 6th May 1809 and they maintained the siege of the city until they had to capitulate, due to disease and hunger, on 12 December of the same year. It is estimated that around 10,000 people died during the siege. Girona remained in French power until 10 March 1814.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2024.

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