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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catalan nationalist symbol
human
lawyer
politician
associatedWith Consell de Cent
institutions of the Principality of Catalonia
commemoratedOn 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 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 i Comes
nativeLanguage Catalan
notableEvent Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714)
War of the Spanish Succession
notableWork defense of Barcelona in 1714
opposedSide Bourbon monarchy of Philip V of Spain
placeOfActivity Barcelona
Catalonia
politicalAlignment pro-Catalan institutions
positionHeld Conseller en cap of Barcelona
chief councillor of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona
religion 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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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714)
commander
Monument to Rafael Casanova
dedicatedTo
Rafael Casanova ("Rafael Casanova i Comes")
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