Rafael Casanova

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Rafael Casanova was a Catalan lawyer and politician who became a symbol of Catalan resistance for his leadership in the defense of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Rafael Casanova canonical 2
Rafael Casanova i Comes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catalan nationalist symbol
human
lawyer
politician
associatedWith Consell de Cent of Barcelona
surface form: Consell de Cent

institutions of the Principality of Catalonia
commemoratedOn National Day of Catalonia
surface form: Diada Nacional de Catalunya
conflict War of the Spanish Succession
countryOfCitizenship Principality of Catalonia
culturalDepiction subject of Catalan historical literature
subject of Catalan patriotic iconography
familyName Casanova
fieldOfWork municipal government
public law
givenName Rafael
hasMonument Monument to Rafael Casanova
surface form: Monument to Rafael Casanova in Barcelona
hasOccupation lawyer
politician
historicalPeriod early 18th century
knownFor leadership in the defense of Barcelona in 1714
symbol of Catalan resistance
languageOfWorkOrName Catalan
Spanish
legacy figure in Catalan collective memory
icon of Catalanism
legalStatusAfterWar persecuted by Bourbon authorities
legalTraining canon law
civil law
memorialPractice floral offerings at his monument on Catalonia’s National Day
name Rafael Casanova self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rafael Casanova i Comes
nativeLanguage Catalan
notableEvent Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714)
War of the Spanish Succession
notableWork defense of Barcelona in 1714
opposedSide Spanish monarchy
surface form: Bourbon monarchy of Philip V of Spain
placeOfActivity Barcelona
Catalonia
politicalAlignment pro-Catalan institutions
positionHeld Consell de Cent of Barcelona
surface form: Conseller en cap of Barcelona

chief councillor of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
roleDuringConflict civil and military leader in Barcelona
supportedSide Austrian Habsburg claimant to the Spanish throne
symbolOf Catalan national identity
Catalan resistance

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Rafael Casanova name Rafael Casanova self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rafael Casanova i Comes
Monument to Rafael Casanova dedicatedTo Rafael Casanova