7 plaques
Catalonia
Barcelona
Montornès del Vallès
· el Vallès Oriental
Commemorates:
1978.
Emblematic date in the popular fight in Montornés del Vallés.
Carrer Nou d'abril
1978. Emblematic date in the popular fight in Montornés del Vallés.
Source: Town Council of Montornès del Vallès.
Photograph:
Marta Bou i Antoni Palmarola
Carrer Nou d'abril
Montornès del Vallès · el Vallès Oriental
Tarragona
Alcover
(Serradalt) · l'Alt Camp
Commemorates:
Alcover becomes a town in 1166 after receiving its charter
Carrer del Nou d'abril
Alcover becomes a town in 1166 after receiving its charter
In the year 1059, the name Santa Maria of Alcover is documented for the first time. However, the historical birth of Alcover as a municipality and as a town dates to April 9, 1166, when King Alfonso II of Aragon granted the town the “Carta d‘Acapte” (town charter).
Photograph:
Ajuntament d’Alcover
Carrer del Nou d'abril
Alcover · l'Alt Camp
Georgia
(Imereti)
Commemorates:
Pending the information requested.
9 April Street
Pending the information requested.
Photograph:
Intercultura (Carles Cunill)
9 April Street
Kutaisi
Italy
Messina (Sicily)
Commemorates:
1860.
Liberation of the Island of the Bourbons.
Piazza 9 Aprile
1860. Liberation of the Island of the Bourbons.
That day a rumor spread through the city that Garibaldi had disembarked at Marsala, Sicily, to free the island of the Bourbons. In fact, he did a month later, but this is the date that the city remembers.
Photograph:
Adriana Tirado
Piazza 9 Aprile
Taormina
Morocco
(Tangier-Tétouan)
Commemorates:
1947.
Historic speech of King Mohammed V
Place 9 Avril.
1947. Historic speech of King Mohammed V
The date of April 9 in Tangier (Morocco) commemorates a historic speech of King Mohammed V to the reunification and independence of the country in 1947.
Photograph:
Sergi Ruiz
Place 9 Avril.
Tangier
Portugal
Minho-Lima (Norte)
Viana do Castelo
· Viana do Castelo
Commemorates:
Pending the information requested.
Largo 9 de Abril
Pending the information requested.
Photograph:
Francesca Porta
Largo 9 de Abril
Viana do Castelo · Viana do Castelo
Switzerland
Morges (Vaud)
Commemorates:
1799.
Chigny, municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud from that day.
Ch. du 9 Avril 1799
1799. Chigny, municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud from that day.
The canton of Vaud had gained its independence in January 1798. One of the first things he did was to create a law about municipalities, that Chigny accepted on April 9, 1799.
Ch. du 9 Avril 1799
Chigny