Fossar de les Moreres

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Fossar de les Moreres is a historic square and former cemetery in Barcelona that serves as a powerful memorial to the defenders of the city who fell during the 1714 Siege of Barcelona.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former cemetery ⓘ
public square ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
adjacentTo Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar ⓘ
commemorates defenders of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
defenders who died in the 1714 Siege of Barcelona ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.383°N 2.183°E ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalSignificance site of collective memory for 1714 defeat ⓘ
symbol of Catalan resistance ⓘ
formerFunction parish cemetery of Santa Maria del Mar ⓘ
hasInscription “Al fossar de les Moreres no s’hi enterra cap traïdor” ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Catalan ⓘ
hasLanguage Catalan ⓘ
hasPart commemorative poem inscription ⓘ
eternal flame ⓘ
memorial sculpture ⓘ
paved plaza ⓘ
hasPoem Fossar de les Moreres self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “Al Fossar de les Moreres”
hasTypeOfFlame eternal flame of remembrance ⓘ
hasUse ceremonial space ⓘ
memorial square ⓘ
site of political commemoration ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
surface form: Bien Cultural de Interés Local
inception 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn Barcelona ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
Ciutat Vella ⓘ
district of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
material metal sculpture ⓘ
stone paving ⓘ
namedAfter former cemetery of mulberry trees ⓘ
near El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria ⓘ
El Born neighbourhood ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy City Council of Barcelona ⓘ
poemAuthor Frederic Soler ⓘ
politicallyAssociatedWith Catalan independence movement ⓘ
Catalan independence movement ⓘ
surface form: Catalan nationalism
significantEvent Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) ⓘ
surface form: 1714 Siege of Barcelona

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
annual National Day of Catalonia commemorations ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor National Day of Catalonia ceremonies ⓘ
homages to fallen Catalan soldiers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Day of Catalonia → mainCommemorativeSite → Fossar de les Moreres ⓘ
La Diada → hasCentralVenue → Fossar de les Moreres ⓘ
Fossar de les Moreres → hasPoem → Fossar de les Moreres self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Al Fossar de les Moreres”
Diada → mainOfficialEventLocation → Fossar de les Moreres ⓘ
Montjuïc Cemetery → hasPart → Fossar de les Moreres ⓘ
this entity surface form: fossar de la Pedrera