The Monument To Doctor Trueta On The Rambla De Poblenou In Barcelona Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The monument to Doctor Trueta on the Rambla de Poblenou was inaugurated in 1978, one year after his death. The statue was paid for by public donations and is the work of Catalan sculptor Josep Ricart. Josep Trueta i Raspall (1897–1977) was a Spanish medical doctor. As a Catalan nationalist, he was forced into exile to England after the Spanish Civil War, during which he had been the chief of trauma services for the city of Barcelona