Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Witty Butterfly Quotes

José Sarney remains the Brazilians will fall





Heute morgen war es soweit. Mitten in Barcelona at the intersection of the dominant diagonal streets and Passeig de Gracia , outside the door of the main branch of Deutsche Bank and under the eyes of the German Consulate General was the statue of the goddess of victory of Franco's time

from their base. More precisely: they did not fall, but was lifted by a crane from the base. For the 200 Republicans applauding this present and this was but one case the same. For them it was proof that the Franco-fascism has disappeared visually from their city.
The remote statue, which stands next to a large obelisk, is a dressed in a tunic woman who lifts her right hand in a bay leaf and in the left the figure of a small winged goddess of victory holds. It is the work of sculptor Frederic Marès
. Until April 1936 stood at this intersection on the raised part of the obelisk, which has always dominated the intersection, a figure that represented the English Republic and at the base of the obelisk was a medal in honor of
Francesc Pi i Margall Although it was Sunday and early morning, attended the "dismissal" several people, especially in older people. They accompanied the work with applause and shouts of "it was time." Some had tears in his eyes and said a group of women want them in the final removal of the statue of Franco's last great symbol in the city, a shiver ran down his back. The action took place under a large participation of the media. In a statement to the media lamented the Mayor of Barcelona, Jordi Hereu
that the statue had been removed until now and he justified this by saying that "the necessary steps their time 'needed had. See also:
"Maldita diagonal!" or how to make Barcelona more livable Information Source: La Vanguardia
Unas 200 Barcelonians celebran emocionados Retirada la de la Estatua de la Victoria franquista





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