Item Code: 47/ES-1
Year
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1928
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Obverse
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Pedro
Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Monument of Pedro Calderón de la Barca in
Madrid.
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Reverse
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Crosses
of the Order of Santiago. Rearing lion. Painting of Domingo Muñoz "La
devoción de la Cruz".
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Obverse Descriptions
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Pedro Calderon
de la Barca
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Pedro
Calderón de la Barca (17 January
1600 – 25 May 1681), was a dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden
Age.
During certain periods of his life he was also a soldier and a Roman Catholic
priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it
further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque
theatre. As such, he is regarded as one of Spain's foremost dramatists and one
of the finest playwrights of world literature.
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Monument of
Pedro Calderón de la Barca in Madrid.
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Reverse Descriptions
Crosses of the Order of Santiago
The Order
of Santiago (Galician: Orde de Santiago, Spanish: Orden de
Santiago), also known as
"The Order of St. James of the Sword," was founded in the 12th
century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and
Spain, Santiago (St. James the
Greater).
Its initial objective was to protect the pilgrim of St. James' Way and to
defend Christendom.[1]
After the death of the Grand Master Alfonso de
Cárdenas in 1493, the Catholic Monarchs incorporated
the Order into the Spanish Crown and
the pope Adrian VI forever
united the office of grandmaster of Santiago to the crown in 1523.
The first Republic suppressed the Order in 1873 and,
although the Restoration was re-established, it was reduced to a nobiliary
institute of honorable character. It was ruled by a Superior Council dependent
on the Ministry of War, which was also extinguished after the proclamation of
the second Republic in 1931.
The Order of Santiago, together with the Calatrava,
Alcántara and Montesa, was restored as a civil association with the kingship of
Juan Carlos I with the character of a nobiliary, honorable, and religious
organization that remains as such.
Painting
of Domingo Muñoz "La
devoción de la Cruz"
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