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Cave paintings
Iberians, Greeks and Romans
L’Hospital del Coll de Balaguer
La Torre de l’Illot del Torn. Defence tower.
Molí de Vandellòs. Interpretation Centre for Olive Oil
Ca la Torre
The fortifications of the Civil War
El Pla de l’Albercoquer ammunition dump
The Masies (country villas)
Masia de Castelló
El Poblat Hifrensa village by Antonio Bonet Castellana
The gegants (giants) of Prince Peter of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou
The gegant (giant) of Friar Celestí
El Cavallet de Mar / The Seahorse
El Boc (The Billy Goat)
Els Capgrossos (Big-Heads)
L’Home dels Nassos (The Man of the Noses)
Ball de diables de l’Hospitalet de l’Infant (Dance of the Devils)
Colla de diablos de Vandellòs troupe
The gegants (giants) of Prince Peter of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou.
Construction of the gegants of L’Hospitalet de l’Infant was an important step in the recovery of popular tradition and was an endeavour of the entity Foment Cultural with support from the Town Hall. The gegants of Prince Peter of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou are a tribute to the town’s roots or the Gothic hospital that Prince Peter ordered to be constructed in the 14th century and represents the town’s inception.
These gegants were used for the first time in 1990 and are the work of:
– Design and coordination: Ramon Ferran, sculptor (Reus)
– Creator: Marcel Socias (Tarragona)
– Clothing: Pilar Liesa (La Riera de Gaià) and Montserrat Grau (Nulles)
– Crowns: Joaquim Solé, jeweller (Reus)
