Plaine-Monceau in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Juan Montalvo
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024
1. Juan Montalvo Marker
Ne a Ambato Equateur le 13 avril 1832
Mort exile a Paris le 17 janvier 1889
Polemiste, Essayiste, Penseur
Maitre insigne de la prose espagnole
Choisit la France son pays d’election pour y finir ses jours
et mourut dans cette maison
Born in Ambato, Ecuador on April 13, 1832
Died in exile in Paris on January 17, 1889
Polemist, Essayist, Thinker
Master of Spanish prose
France was his country of choice for spending his last days and he died in this building.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1832.
Location. 48° 52.915′ N, 2° 18.222′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Plaine-Monceau. It is on Rue Cardinet, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 26 Rue Cardinet, Paris, Île-de-France 75017, France. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Paul Tortelier (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Jacques Chailley (about 120 meters away); Auguste Chapuis (about 150 meters away); Marcel Pagnol (about 180 meters away); Jacques Rouché (about 210 meters away); Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704-1748) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Marthe Chenal de L’Opéra (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); La rue Fortuny (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . Juan Montalvo (Wikipedia).
Overview: Juan María Montalvo Fiallos (13 April 1832 - 17 January 1889) was an Ecuadorian essayist and novelist. His writing was strongly marked by anti-clericalism and opposition to presidents Gabriel García Moreno and Ignacio de Veintemilla. He was the publisher of the magazine El Cosmopolita. One of his best-known books is Las Catilinarias, published in 1880. His essays include Siete tratados (1882) and Geometría Moral(posthumous, 1902). He(Submitted on April 13, 2024.)also wrote a sequel to Don Quixote de la Mancha, called Capítulos que se le olvidaron a Cervantes. He was admired by writers, essayists, intellectuals such as Jorge Luis Borges and Miguel de Unamuno. He died in Paris in 1889. His body was embalmed and is exhibited in a mausoleum in his hometown of Ambato.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 20242. Juan Montalvo Marker - wide viewThe marker is visible above the door.
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