Gallifa

Gallifa
Municipality
The castle became a kirk
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Gallifa Location in Catalonie
Coordinates: 41°41′39″N 2°6′56″E
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Catalonie
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Occidental
Govrenment
• Mayor	Joan Tuñí Hervy
Area
• Total	16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Elevation	502 m (1,647 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	215
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	08146
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Gallifa is a municipality in the comarca o the Vallès Occidental in Catalonie, north-wastren Spain. Here is the Castle o Gallifa an here wis the location o the studio o ceramic airtist Josep Llorens i Artigas an his son.

Claim tae fame

The Castle o Gallifa owerleuks the veelage frae a hicht o 600 metres.

In 1953 Joan Miró an Josep Llorens i Artigas wirkit at Artigas's studio in Gallifa. Thare they creatit "firestanes" whilk they exhibitit unner their jynt names, includin in 1956 a jynt exhibition in New York. The follaein year the twa wirkit on a mural for the UNESCO heidquairters an for the Varsity o Harvard. The tiles that made up the twa murals for the UNESCO biggin wur creatit in Gallifa an Miro supervisit their instawation in Paris. The murals are cried "The Waw o the Sun" an "The Waw o the Muin".

The tiles for Joan Miró's ceramic mural (the Miró Wall wur fired in Gallifa an they wur then transportit 1200 km tae the Ludwigshafen museum in Germany. They wur placit fower tae a box so that they coud muivit doun the muntain bi mule. Efter that lorries an the train wur uised tae complete the jurney frae Catalonie tae sooth wastren Germany.

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (in Catalan)