The Castells are human towers traditionally built in Catalonia from more than 200 years and, since 2010 Castells are UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A casteller is who takes part in a colla castellera (humantower building team) where dozens or hundreds of people are involved with the aim of raise different human constructions, -known as castells– without any […]
Catalan architecture is full of great reference figures, some examples of whom we currently have active in our selection of properties and present to you below. The architect Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia was born in Barcelona in 1858. Following the currents of the period, his style is akin to Modernism, though he interpreted it in […]
This summer, while I was doing a section of the GR-11 or Trans-Pyrenean Route, I came to a village called Auritz/Burguete in Navarra province, very near Roncesvalles. I had booked to stay the night at the Hotel Burguete, a hotel with over 100 years of history behind it. I was surprised to find myself in […]