C-21/41. Opening of the museum devoted to Pablo Casals in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico commemorative medal (2015)
Obverse
PILAR DEFILLÓ AMIGUET
Half-lenght portrait 1/2 to right
1853 / 1931
Reverse
INAUGURACION CASA MUSEO / MAYAGUEZ / 2015 / PRM
EN ESTA CASA NACIÓ / PILAR DEFILLÓ AMIGUET / EL DIA 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 1853 / MADRE DEL ILUSTRE MŪSICO / PABLO CASALS DEFILLÓ / Lyra [In this house Pillar Defillo Amiguet, mother of the famous musician Pablo Casals was born on 26th of October 1853]
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Pilar Defilló Amiguet (November 11, 1853, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico - March 11, 1931, Catalonia, Spain) was a Puerto Rican and Catalan musician, known as the mother of Enric Casals and Pablo Casals.
On May 8, 2015, the birthplace of Pilar Defilló at 21 Calle Mendez Vigo in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, which had been built in 1841 and recently had been restored, opened as the Casa Museo Pilar Defilló, a cultural museum devoted to Pablo Casals.
Est. Value: $15