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Leonor Joher Besalú

Orriols, Bàscara, 1936 - Girona, 1998

Year of approval: 2009

Length:  460m2

Location: Santa Eugènia, 17006

Spanish activist, militant worker and neighbor of Santa Eugènia de Ter. She was born in a rural village and little did she go to school. From an early age she went to serve in Girona and from there to Perpignan, where she lived for three years. In the middle fifties she moved to Santa Eugènia de Ter, which was later annexed to Girona. She worked in the domestic service all his life, and when she got married she combined it with caring for her own home and the education of her two sons and daughters. She also became a saleswoman in a shoe store and a bookstore.

She was a member of the Catholic Workers' Youth (JOC) and a member of the Urbanism and Culture Association of the Santa Eugènia de Ter Neighborhood Association, from where she recovered the traditional town festival. She played a significant role in the Santa Eugènia de Ter neighbors movement, triggered by the unequal growth of the area which led to the destruction of landmarks such as the typical banana trees, the cemetery, old buildings and the Pont del Dimoni. She founded the Neighborhood Association and led it in front of local authorities in her neighborhood and those around her. She based her work on defending the identity features of the neighborhood, so the memory of the ancient town was preserved.

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