The Monument a Francesc Batallé in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, is a public academicist sculpture. It stands approximately three meters high and was crafted by the sculptor Hèctor Cesena i Albós following the death of the teacher Francesc Batallé.
The monument is a prismatic monolith made of stone from Ulldecona. It combines a smooth geometric structure with three figurative reliefs sculpted into the stone at different heights on the three faces of the prism.
At the top of the front face, the stone is recessed to hold a bronze bust of the school master Francesc Batallé. The inscription on the monument honors him as a teacher of the country who gave much to the people, and as a defender of a school rooted in the land.
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Written by Nik Frost
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