Botero

Botero, “Cat”, Rambla del Raval, Barcelona, Spain

Fernando Botero’s “Cat” was purchased by Barcelona City Council in 1987. From then until 2003, the cat wandered the city’s streets in search of a permanent site. His first stop-off point was the Parc de la Ciutadella, near his fellow animals at Barcelona Zoo. Then he was taken to a site by the Olympic Stadium, and a few years later he was put in a little square behind Barcelona’s medieval shipyards.

Finally, in 2003, the decision was taken to move him to a permanent location at the end of the newly created Rambla del Raval. The sculpture has become an integral part of one of Barcelona’s most widely redeveloped areas and is a favourite meeting place.

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