{"id":2654,"date":"2026-06-04T09:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:56:52","slug":"francesc-messa-un-testimoni-de-la-ciutat-sota-setge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/francesc-messa-un-testimoni-de-la-ciutat-sota-setge\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesc Messa, un testimoni de la ciutat sota setge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A la darreria de maig del 2026, a la part alta del penyal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gibraltar.gov.gi\/press-releases\/completion-of-the-city-under-siege-exhibition-restoration-4202026-12057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s&#8217;ha inaugurat<\/a> una nova atracci\u00f3 tur\u00edstica englobada en la Reserva Natural. Es tracta de l&#8217;exposici\u00f3 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/naturereserve.gi\/our-rock\/city-under-siege-exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">City Under Siege<\/a>, instal\u00b7lada als antics magatzems de la zona de Willis, on a l&#8217;ocupaci\u00f3 austriacista de la pla\u00e7a, el 1704 i 1705, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2024\/04\/07\/un-testimoni-catala-de-la-presa-de-gibraltar\/\" target=\"_blank\">hi va haver<\/a> destacada una <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2020\/06\/16\/la-toponimia-catalana-i-menorquina-a-gibraltar\/\" target=\"_blank\">bateria de miquelets catalans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquest <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitgibraltar.gi\/see-and-do\/city-under-siege\" target=\"_blank\">espai expositiu<\/a> ja s&#8217;havia obert fa alguns anys, per\u00f2 ha necessitat una modernitzaci\u00f3 i reconceptualitzaci\u00f3 per mostrar als visitants la hist\u00f2ria de Gibraltar durant els atacs hispanofrancesos del segle XVIII, sobretot el Gran Setge del 1779 al 1783. A m\u00e9s de la restauraci\u00f3 de les edificacions, s&#8217;hi recreen imatges i s&#8217;hi mostren objectes i artefactes de l&#8217;\u00e8poca per fer-nos una idea de com era la vida dels soldats i dels civils sota els setges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SIEGE1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SIEGE1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SIEGE1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SIEGE1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cal recordar, en aquest sentit, que un dels escassos testimonis civils que tenim del Gran Setge \u00e9s fruit d&#8217;un dels capellans menorquins que van servir la comunitat cat\u00f2lica de la pla\u00e7a durant el segle XVIII. Es tracta de fra <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2023\/08\/02\/els-messa-del-raval-al-penyal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Francesc Messa<\/a>, nascut al <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/es-castell-i-gibraltar-germans-de-sang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raval del Castell de Sant Felip<\/a> el 1728 i mort a Gibraltar el 1792.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A les seves <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/documents\/diari-de-francesc-messa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Notas de lo sucedido durante el sitio de esta plaza del a\u00f1o de 1779<\/a><\/em> (escrites en castell\u00e0 amb for\u00e7a interfer\u00e8ncies l\u00e8xiques i fon\u00e8tiques del catal\u00e0), hi aporta detalls valuosos des de l\u2019interior de la pla\u00e7a sobre el setge, com ara algunes de les principals accions b\u00e8l\u00b7liques, l\u2019arribada de combois de provisions, el preu dels escassos aliments i la instal\u00b7laci\u00f3 dels habitants a l\u2019extrem meridional del penyal, arran de l\u2019atac incessant de les bateries francoespanyoles sobre la ciutat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Podeu llegir-ne la transcripci\u00f3 \u00edntegra <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/documents\/diari-de-francesc-messa\/\" target=\"_blank\">en catal\u00e0<\/a> i <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/2021\/08\/08\/the-great-siege-with-a-minorcan-emphasis\/\" target=\"_blank\">en angl\u00e8s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article publicat el 4 de juny de 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En ocasi\u00f3 de la reobertura de l&#8217;exposici\u00f3 City Under Siege a la zona de Willis, el maig del 2026, recuperem el diari del Gran Setge del capell\u00e0 menorqu\u00ed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,38,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654\/revisions\/2662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibaltar.cat\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}