The Monument to the Martyrs of 1809, at Garriga i Bachs Square, barcelona, Spain. Ceramic murals depicting executions of heroes of the Catalan resistance to Napoleonic troops in 1809 flank this little space just outside the cloister of the Catedral de la Seu. The first three scenes show the five resistance leaders waiting their turns to be garrotted or hanged (the garrotte vil, or vile garrotte, was reserved for the clergymen, as hanging was considered a lower and less-humane form of execution).