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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
El Cavallet de Mar / The Seahorse
MERRY DRAGON (1995)
The seahorse seen on the cover of the programmes for the festival programme has been the logo for the Aplec de Sardanes seaside circle dance festival in L’Hospitalet de l’Infant for several years. The illustration was provided by local artist F. Andreu.
In reference to this illustration used for the Sardana dance festival, for the symbol of a Mediterranean coastal village like L’Hospitalet, with its historic fishing community, we chose the figure of a seahorse to develop a proposal of a merry dragon. The design of the mock-up was executed as a combined effort between the sculptor Marcel Socias (who created the town gegants) and the entity Foment Cultural.
A wonderful piece that brings a tiny fish into the world of the Beasts of Fire and Festivities, which is beyond a doubt both highly original and characteristic of our town.
