2022 - Barcelona, Spain - 32
Cat by Fernando Botero.
A symbol of Barcelona and the Raval neighbourhood.
Cat seems to feel comfortable here at the end of the avenue, after spending 15 years looking for a home.
Botero's Cat is greeted with a smile by everyone. He only has one Barcelona competitor: the horse by the same artist.
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 was Parc de la Ciutadella, near his fellow animals at Barcelona Zoo.
Next 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. It is maybe because cats have nine lives, that he has made his presence so strongly felt.
Everybody recognizes the figure of the bronze cat, as a Botero with his chubby, rounded form, childish features and long tail.
Botero has another large sculpture of a horse located in Barcelona Into Airport terminal 2.
2022 - Barcelona, Spain - 32
Cat by Fernando Botero.
A symbol of Barcelona and the Raval neighbourhood.
Cat seems to feel comfortable here at the end of the avenue, after spending 15 years looking for a home.
Botero's Cat is greeted with a smile by everyone. He only has one Barcelona competitor: the horse by the same artist.
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 was Parc de la Ciutadella, near his fellow animals at Barcelona Zoo.
Next 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. It is maybe because cats have nine lives, that he has made his presence so strongly felt.
Everybody recognizes the figure of the bronze cat, as a Botero with his chubby, rounded form, childish features and long tail.
Botero has another large sculpture of a horse located in Barcelona Into Airport terminal 2.