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Ravachol. A “violent Christ” whose explosive deeds were set to verse. A name turned into a threatening verb meaning “to explode.” A legendary symbol of uncompromising war against the bourgeoisie. The original propagandist by the deed (anti-)celebrity who inspired Paulino Pallás and many others in the anarchist pantheon of martyrdom and triggered a cycle of bloody attacks on elite Parisian society. Homage and repulsion would follow the death of Ravachol, but in 1891 he was simply an unknown anarchist. On May 1 of that year, however, two dramatic events occurred that set Ravachol on a collision course with the French

A little over a month after the execution of Paulino Pallás atop nearby Montjuich mountain, much of the anxiety that had plagued Barcelona elites had begun to fade. Things seemed to be gradually returning to normal. Certainly, the early November explosion of the Cabo Machichaco transporting dynamite to the port of Santander that killed 590 people renewed the pervasive fear of explosives, but at least it was accidental. For some, the opening of the winter season of the opera at the Liceo Theater must have been a welcomed diversion from dynamite. This was especially true for the wife and two