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Joan Serra, known as "el Pera" (d. 1815). Catalan bandit who terrorised the inhabitants of the area around the town of Valls (province of Tarragona, Catalonia). Serra killed his victims without stealing anything from them, only for the pleasure it gave him, as he himself confessed before being executed. Moreover, after committing a murder, he would go to Valls at night, kneeling in front of the door of the Esglèsia del Carme (Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel), lighting a couple of candles and praying to the Virgin for himself and his victims. After being imprisoned, on 19 December 1815 he was hanged, his remains dragged in a basket by a donkey, later dismembered and his head was exhibited in public in Valls. Other parts of his body were distributed among other towns for public display. Engraving. Historia de las Escuadras de Cataluña, 1876.
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Joan Serra, known as "el Pera" (d. 1815). Catalan bandit who terrorised the inhabitants of the area around the town of Valls (province of Tarragona, Catalonia). Serra killed his victims without stealing anything from them, only for the pleasure it gave him, as he himself confessed before being executed. Moreover, after committing a murder, he would go to Valls at night, kneeling in front of the door of the Esglèsia del Carme (Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel), lighting a couple of candles and praying to the Virgin for himself and his victims. After being imprisoned, on 19 December 1815 he was hanged, his remains dragged in a basket by a donkey, later dismembered and his head was exhibited in public in Valls. Other parts of his body were distributed among other towns for public display. Engraving. Historia de las Escuadras de Cataluña, 1876.
Location:
PRIVATE COLLECTION
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
2681 x 3978 px | 30.5 MB
Print size:
22.7 x 33.7 cm | 8.9 x 13.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1815 • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ALT CAMP • APOLOGY • ASK FOR FORGIVENESS • ASSASSIN • ASSASSINATION • ATRIUM • BANDIT • BANDITRY • BANDITS • BE ON KNEES • BRIGANDAGE • BURGLAR • CANDLE • CANDLES • CATALAN • CATALONIA • CATALONIAN • CATHOLIC RELIGION • CATHOLICISM • CEREMONIAL ADDRESS • CEREMONIAL SPEECH • CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL • CHURCH • CONTEMPORARY AGE • CONTEMPORARY PERIOD • CRIME • CRIMINAL • CROOK • DELINQUENCY • DELINQUENT • DELINQUENTS • DOCTRINE • DOOR • DOORWAY • ECCLESIA • EL PERA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ENTRANCE • ESGLESIA DEL CARME • ETCHING • EXCUSE • FAITH • FORGIVENESS • GATE • GATEWAY • GOOD-FOR-NOTHING • HALL • HIGHWAYMAN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY OF THE SQUADRONS OF CATALONIA • HISTORY SQUADRONS OF CATALONIA • HISTORY • HOMICIDE • IGLESIA DEL CARMEN • IGNITE • INDULGENCE BOX • INDULGENCE • INNER DOOR • JOAN SERRA • JOSE ORTEGA ESPINOS • JOSEP ORTEGA ESPINOS • KILL • KILLER • KILLING • KILLS • KNEEL DOWN TO PRAY • KNEEL DOWN • KNEEL • KNEELING DOWN • KNEELING • LA PERA • LAMP • LIGHT • MAIN DOOR • MAN • MARINER • MEN • MURDER • MURDERER • MURDERING • MURDERS • NIGHT • OFFENDER • ORATION • OUTLAWS • PARDON • PEAR • PERA • PORCH • PORTAL • PORTICO DE LA GLORIA • PORTICO • PRAY • PRAYER • PRAYING • PRINT • PRIVATE COLLECTION • RAIDER • REGRET • REGRETFUL • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • REMORSE • REPENTANCE • REPENTANT • RITE • ROBBER • RUFFIAN • SERRA • SPAIN • SPANISH • TARRAGONA PROVINCE • TEMPERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • THIEF (MALE) • THIEF • TO PRAY • VALLS • VELA • XIX CENTURY
