Irina Swain Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ Statue of Joan Fiveller Statue of Joan Fiveller The Statue of Joan Fiveller is located in Barcelona, Spain. Kendall Schunk, Benjamin Fraser Camille Kresz 02/09/2017 English, Spanish Document, Still Image, Sound Statue of Joan Fiveller The people of Barcelona have a reputation for political activism, something which is demonstrated by the statue of Joan Fiveller found on the exterior of the Adjuntament, the building that houses the government. This statue was created in the 1850’s. According to Robert Hughes’ book, Barcelona: The Great Enchantress, Joan Fiveller was selected over Hercules to represent the concept of civic strength (Hughes 2004: 16). Fiveller served as a counselor of the city, and when the king of Catalunya and Aragon came to visit Barcelona, Joan asserted that the king and his party should pay taxes on the salt cod they consumed while in the city. Though symbolic, this act garnered him the respect of his fellow Catalonians and sparked the long history of political activism in Barcelona (Hughes 2004: 16). This includes the city going dark in 1878 because they refused to pay the municipal tax on gas, and the very successful tram strike of 1951 against the Franco regime. The citizens of Barcelona have always been unafraid of powerful opposition, for example, according to Antonio Elorza’s chapter on “Regional Autonomy and Cultural Authority” the Franco regime’s desire to muffle all aspects of Catalan culture including language and religion, only served to “bring forward a more radical form of nationalism” (Elorza 1995: 330). This theme of political revolutions has helped to shape modern Catalan culture, one of the most influential instances can be found in the introduction of Teresa Vilarós’s chapter, the Setmana Tràgica or tragic week most notably, “the anarchist bombings of the Liceu- Barcelona’s Opera House” (Vilarós 1999: 43). Joan Fiveller’s statue outside of the Adjuntment is a monument that exemplifies the everlasting revolutionary values of Catalan culture. 1  Item changed by user 26 at 2017-02-23 11:24:48.Updated: CreatorItem changed by user 26 at 2017-02-14 11:09:47.Updated: Title, Subject, DescriptionItem changed by user 26 at 2017-02-09 11:18:24.Created manually by user