Concerning the monument to Dr. Bartomeu Robert i Yarzábal

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Josep M. (Josep Maria) , 1935- Calbet i Camarasa

Despite the resistance of the Spanish sectors, the Catalanism of the early twentyeth century decided  to build a large monument to the deceased Dr. Bartomeu Robert in the centre of Barcelona. The monument reflected his medical and patriotic aspects. It was inaugurated in 1910, never accepted by the
anti-Catalanism was the target of a bomb attack in 1919 and twenty years later the Franco regime withdrew it. During the political Transition the monument was restored in another location.

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Bartomeu Robert i Yarzábal; Monuments; Artworks in public places; Barcelona; Anti-Catalanism

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Calbet i Camarasa, Josep M. (Josep Maria) , 1935-. “Concerning the monument to Dr. Bartomeu Robert i Yarzábal”. Gimbernat: Revista d’Història de la Medicina i de les Ciències de la Salut, vol.VOL 74, pp. 185-94, https://raco.cat/index.php/Gimbernat/article/view/377605.
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Josep M. (Josep Maria) , 1935- Calbet i Camarasa, Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya

Acadèmic corresponent de la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya. Barcelona (Barcelonès).

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