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We were. We are. We will be.
Why this commemoration?
[ARTUR MAS]
In 1714 our institutions and liberties were taken away.
What could not be taken from us was our will to be and our spirit,
and it is this that makes us into a people very much alive,
more so than ever.
XAVIER TRIAS Mayor of Barcelona
Barcelona aspires to commemorate one of its most difficult moments,
by showing the world the best of itself: its people, its creativity, its will to live
in freedom.
MIQUEL CALÇADA Comissioner of the Tercentenary Commemoration
Generalitat de Catalunya
We are commemorating the tercentenary of 1714
not only to make known the historic facts of our past,
but also and above all to focus on the future
and understand what our place in the world must be.
TONI SOLER Comissioner of the Tercentenary Commemoration
Barcelona Town Council
We are commemorating a stance, certain values relating to civil liberties,
the parliamentary system of government... and above all the persistence
of those values in our collective memory.
ÀNGEL ROS Mayor of Lleida
Lleida fell in 1707 and we lost our representative institutions.
Still, we have regained them, as defeats are commemorated
only when followed by victories. Our victory is the recovery of our institutions,
the construction of our nation.
RAMON ROYES Mayor of Cervera
The commemoration of the Tercentenary is the time for Cervera
to vindicate its place in history and to demonstrate its total commitment
to the challenges facing our nation.
JOSEP MARIA VILA D'ABADAL Mayor of Vic
In 1705, the notables of the county of Osona met in the hermitage of Sant Sebastià
and drew up what is known today as the Pact of Vigatans.
Its aim was to defend our rights: what today we would call our Constitution.
Here we are commemorating those events to recover the spirit
that should take us to sovereignty, to the independence of our nation.
FERRAN ESTRUCH Mayor of Cardona
The castle of Cardona, a fortress never taken by the force of arms,
was the last stronghold of the liberties of the Catalans.
Today more than ever, in the face of the challenges to us as a nation,
we take pride in these past events.
[ARTUR MAS]
History is now calling on all of us. And it is doing so at a crucial
and supremely important moment. Whatever may happen from now on depends on
us, on the whole of the people of Catalonia.
Here we have always been. We were, we are... but above all, we will
be!