Monument to James I (Valencia)

Jaume I (Spanish: Jaime I) or the Monument to James I is an instance of public art in Valencia, Spain.

[2] Entrusted to the municipal architect Constantino Marzo,[3] works in the 7.5 m high pedestal took place in 1878.

[4] The wood model of the statue was delivered in 1886,[4] and moved from Barcelona to Valencia in pieces.

[5] The bronze employed for the 5.20 m high statue,[6] was obtained from unused cannons from the Castle of Peñíscola provided by the Ministry of War.

[7] The two Spanish-language lateral inscriptions on the pedestal read: "entró vencedor en valencia, liberándola del yugo musulmán, el día de San Dionisio, IX octubre de MCCXXXVIII" ("[he] entered victorious in Valencia, liberating it from the muslim yoke, on the day of St. Dionysius, 9 October 1238") and "al rey don jaime el conquistador, fundador del reino valenciano, valencia agradecida.