Rei en Jaume I
Rei en Jaume I stands in Palma, Spain, where the Porta de Santa Margalida once marked the city’s entrance. The equestrian monument shows King James I of Aragon raising his right hand above a powerful horse. A stone pedestal supports the rider and places Mallorca’s medieval conquest within the city’s streets.
Enric Clarasó created the sculpture, inaugurated in January 1927 to commemorate seven centuries since the conquest. Public subscriptions funded the monument after the old gate’s demolition stirred controversy among Palma’s residents. The king’s cape, raised arm and heavy horse convey both authority and the force of his campaign. An Almogávar stands halfway up the pedestal, carrying a sword and holding a laurel branch for victory.
The inscription reads “Mallorca to the Conqueror.” The accessible monument is also one of Clarasó’s last major works.
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