Celestí Boada i Salvador (1902 – 18 October 1939) was a Spanish-Catalan politician. Born in

Santa Coloma de Gramanet Santa Coloma de Gramenet (), informally simply known as Santa Coloma, and formerly as ''Gramenet de Besòs'' between 1936 and 1939, is a municipality in Barcelonès county, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the coas ...

, he was a member of the

Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia (, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a pro-Catalan independence, social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencia, the Balearic Islands and t ...

and supported the

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in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

. Because he was a Catalan nationalist, he was executed by firing squad by the government of

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

in Campo de la Bota after the Nationalist victory.''La República i la Guerra Civil a Santa Coloma de Gramenet'', pág. 144.

References

Bibliography

*Carreras García, Montserrat. ''La República i la Guerra Civil a Santa Coloma de Gramenet''. 208 págs. Aj. de Sta. Coloma, 1986. (En catalán). *Ruiz Santín, Fco. Javier. «El cas Celestí Boada» en Grupo de Historia José Berruezo.
Una ciutat dormitori sota el franquisme: Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 1939-1975
'. Barcelona, Ediciones Carena, 2010 , págs. 157-166. (En catalán).

External links

Santa Coloma de Gramenet inaugura una escultura pública dels artistes Jordi Dalmau i Lídia Górriz en homenatge a l'alcalde republicà afusellat Celestí Boada
vilaweb.cat, 20 de enero de 2007.

''e-noticies.es'', 10 de abril de 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boada, Celesti 1902 births 1939 deaths Republican Left of Catalonia politicians People executed by Francoist Spain Executed politicians People executed by Spain by firing squad