Jacint Verdaguer. This picture was used in banknotes of 500 pesetas issued in 1971.
Jacint Verdaguer (in Spanish Jacinto Verdaguer) (May 17, 1845 – June 10, 1902) was a Catalan poet and priest who wrote L'Atlàntida, Canigó, and Oda a Barcelona. Jacint Verdaguer wearing a Barretina Source: feec. ... Jacint Verdaguer wearing a Barretina Source: feec. ... The peseta (₧) was the currency of Spain (and Andorra, along with the French franc) until December 31, 1998. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Canigou (Catalan Canigó) is a mountain in southern France. ...
JacintVerdaguer was the greatest poet in the Catalan literary movement of La Renaixença, in the 19th century.
Verdaguer exemplifies it when, in August 1883, he writes in his travel notebook that, from the top of the Montcalm: "It is a sad show: white rocks wound the sightseeing everywhere, speckled with even whiter marks; some ponds in the sides of the crests (...)".
JacintVerdaguer i Santaló was born in Folgueroles (Osona) in 1845, in a poor rural family.
JacintVerdaguer i Santaló (Folgueroles, May 17, 1845 - Vallvidrera, June 10, 1902) is one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature, he was born in Folgueroles, a town in the Plain of Vic, in the comarca of Osona.
His father was Josep Verdaguer i Ordeix (Tavèrnoles, 1817-Folgueroles, 1876) and his mother was Josepa Santaló i Planes (Folgueroles, 1819-1871).
Verdaguer was buried in the Sud-Oest Montjuïc cemetery in Barcelona.
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