The monument built to Jacint Verdaguer was built between 1914 and 1924 at the intersection of the streets Passeig Sant Joan, Mallorca and Avinguda Diagonal.

The team formed by the architect Josep M. Pericas and the sculptor Joan Borrell, who were the winners of the public competition called by the Barcelona City Council in 1912, were responsible for the project. Later on, the brothers Miquel and Llucià Oslé joined them.

The monument consists of a column which is more than 20 metres high, at the top of which there is the figure of priest Jacint Verdaguer. The column is surrounded by a circular stone structure decorated with sculptures and reliefs.

The element that surrounds the column has a circular plan and sits on top of a base or podium, from which a facing is developed entirely in stone, with large regular ashlars. It consists of three openings (or points of passage) and three elements of semicircular plan that are attached to this base and that develop in height creating a towered structure that is crowned with a sculpture. These figures, made by Joan Borrell Nicolau, are made in bronze and represent allegories of poetry: epic, mystical and popular.

Between these figures and arranged at the top of the monument's closing structure, above three corbels, there are a series of reliefs by the brothers Llucià and Miquel Oslé and Sàenz de Medrano that represent various scenes from the poem L' Atlàntida, a poem written by Verdaguer.

In the centre of the complex, in a small garden area, there is the large column on which the bronze figure of Jacint Verdaguer made by the sculptor Joan Borrell stands. As already mentioned, access to the column is made through three steps that are configured as small openings flanked by two pillars that are finished with an almost spherical element and decoration of sinuous lines inspired by plants. On the pillar there are small engravings with putti holding garlands.

The column built entirely of stone blocks is crowned with a very schematic Corinthian capital that is topped with a hexagonal abacus that serves as the basis for the sculpture of the priest.

In the upper part of the column there is a text that says "To Monsignor Jacint Verdaguer".

Shortly after the poet Jacint Verdaguer (Folgueroles, 1845 - Vil·la Joana, Vallvidrera, 1902) died, the need to erect a monument to him was felt by all; however, the competition for the project was not called until 1912. The winner was the team formed by the architect Josep M. Pericas and the sculptor Joan Borrell, although eventually the Oslé brothers, who had presented an alternative project, also participated. Borrell made the statue of priest Jacinto (in bronze) and the allegories in poetry (in stone). Llucià and Miquel Oslé made the reliefs on the frieze that surrounds the column and refer to the poem written by Jacint Verdaguer, L'Atlàntida. The foundation stone was laid in 1914, but the works lasted until 1924.

The redevelopment works of Diagonal and Passeig de Sant Joan in the second half of the 20th century made the stand at the foot of the monument disappear.