FIRST: Submarine in the Port of Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
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N 41° 23.944 E 002° 09.996
31T E 430333 N 4583393
A two part monument honoring the inventor Narcis Monturiol of the Ictineo, the first submarine to sail underwater in the Port of Barcelona, is located at Avinguda Diagonal, 341, Barcelona, Spain.
Waymark Code: WMV1CC
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 02/07/2017
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A 1:7 scale reproduction of the Ictíneo, the prototype of a submarine developed and tested in the port of Barcelona in June 28, 1859. Is part of a monument honoring its inventor Narcís Monturiol. A 4.52 x 2.69 x 2.14 meter bronze reproduction was sculpted Josep Maria Subirachs in 1963. The reproduction is mounted 6' high in a circular hole on the front a 12' painted and sculpted concrete wedge.
A white stone cube adjacent to the monument. is inscribed on three sides:
BARCELONA
A
NARCÍS
MONTURIOL
INVENTOR DE L'ICTÍNEO
PRIMER SUBMARÍ QUE
VA NAVEGAR SUBMERGIT
AL PORT DE BARCELONA
EL 28 DE JUNY DE 1859
REPRODUCCIÓ DE L'ICTÍNEO
A ESCALA A 1:7
BARCELONA
TO
NARCÍS
MONTURIOL
THE INVENTOR OF THE ICTÍNEO
THE FIRST SUBMARINE
TO TRAVEL UNDERWATER
IN THE PORT OF BARCELONA
28 JUNE 1859
REPLICA OF THE ICTÍNEO
SCALE 1:7
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