''L'Atlàntida'' () is an 1877 poem in Catalan by

Jacint Verdaguer Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (; 17 May 1845 – 10 June 1902) was a Catalan writer, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the late Rom ...

. It consists of an introduction, ten books, and a conclusion, dealing with the wanderings of

Heracles Heracles ( ; ), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a Divinity, divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of ZeusApollodorus1.9.16/ref> and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive descent through ...

in the

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, the sinking of the continent of Atlantis, the creation of the

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, and the discovery of the

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. This poem was written by Verdaguer in honour of shipping magnate

Antonio López y López Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

, first Marquis of Comillas. The full verse translation into English was published in 2024.

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20t ...

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'' Atlántida'' is based on this poem.

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* * Jacint Verdaguer 1877 poems Epic poems in Catalan {{Catalonia-stub