Josep Moragues i Mas

After Barcelona was defeated on 11 September 1714, he tried to sail to Majorca in order to continue the resistance against Philippist invasion, but he was betrayed and imprisoned.

His corpse was butchered, the head placed inside a cage which was hanged in the streets for 12 years.

Catalanists regard him as a national hero, a martyr for Catalonia.

As with Rafael Casanova, there are several homages and floral offerings around monuments dedicated to him during commemorations of 11 September, which was instituted by Catalanists in the 19th century as the National Day of Catalonia in remembrance of the battle fought and lost by Moragues amongst others.

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