Roda de Berą in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
Francesc Macią i Llussą
Photographed by Teresita Martķnez Prats
1. Francesc Macią i Llussą Monument
Primer President de la Generalitat contemporania del 1931 al 1933.
Lavi, amic i cabdill dels joves.
First president of the modern autonomous government of Catalonia from 1931 to 1933.
The grandfatherand friend and leaderof the young.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Heroes. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.
Location. 41° 10.952′ N, 1° 27.292′ E. Marker is in Roda de Berą, Cataluńa (Catalonia), in Tarragona. It is at the intersection of Carretera de Bonastre (Local Route TV-2041) and Avinguda Sant Jordi, in the median on Carretera de Bonastre. It is in the traffic circle plaza named Plaēa Francesc Macią, facing south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Avinguda Sant Jordi 62, Roda de Berą,
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Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in the European Union, in Atlantic Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, in the Schengen Area, in a coastal Mediterranean country, and in the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 19 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: El Roc de Sant Gaieta (approx. 2.6 kilometers away); Antic Escorxador / Old Slaughterhouse (approx. 17.7 kilometers away); Col·legi Jaume I / College of James I (approx. 17.8 kilometers away); Església de l'Ensenyanēa / Church of the Company of Mary (approx. 17.8 kilometers away); Santa Tecla la Vella / Church of Santa Tecla la Vella (approx. 17.9 kilometers away); Hospital de Santa Tecla (approx. 17.9 kilometers away); Casa dels Concilis / Council House
Photographed by Teresita Martķnez Prats
2. Francesc Macią i Llussą Monument
Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for Francesc Macią. Excerpt:
Francesc Macią i Llussą (18591933) was a Catalan politician who served as the 122nd president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and formerly an officer in the Spanish Army. ... He was appointed the first president of the restored Generalitat of Catalonia and implemented the first successful establishment of self-government for Catalonia of modern history. ...(Submitted on April 22, 2025.)
In 1926 he attempted an insurrection against the Spanish dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. This uprising, known as the plot of Prats de Molló, had the aim to achieve the independence of Catalonia and was based in Prats de Molló in southern France. ... This attempt was aborted by the French Gendarmerie. ...
On 14 April 1931, two days after the Spanish localelections that caused the exile of Spain's King Alfonso XIII and gave the local majority to the Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC)and a few hours before the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in Madridfrom the balcony of the Palau de la Generalitat (then the seat of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona), Macią proclaimed the Catalan Republic, expecting that the other peoples of Spain constitute themselves as republics, in order to establish the Iberian Confederation.Municipal Archives of Barcelona3. Francesc Macią Proclaims the Catalan Republic in 1931
Macią was appointed as acting president of Catalonia. Three days later, the government of the new Spanish Republic sent three ministers from Madrid to Barcelona to negotiate with Macią and the Catalan provisional government. Macią reached an agreement with the ministers, in which the Catalan Republic was renamed Generalitat of Catalonia, becoming an autonomous government within the Spanish Republic. Macią remained as acting President of the Generalitat. The main task of the provisional Generalitat was to complete the Statute of Autonomy, approved by the Spanish Congress after many modifications on 9 September 1932.
After the first Catalan parliamentary election on 20 November 1932, after a landslide victory of ERC, he was officially appointed President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, holding the position until his death in December 1933.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 22, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
