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I have captured for Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia this snapshot of the sunset at the monument to the Sardana de Calella, in the Maresme, in a place perfectly integrated in the Passeig de Manuel Puigvert, who was mayor of this town.
This public work is a sculpture formed by an octagonal pillar on which there are six sardana dancers represented in a naturalistic way.
On four of the faces of the pillar there is the symbol of Catalonia, the four bars; and on the other four there are: on two sides there are instruments of the copla, on the other the shield of Calella and the inscription, and on the last, the shield of the Sardana entity of the population and a fragment of a poem by Joan Maragall, La Sardana.
The monument was inaugurated on June 16, 1983 at the Festival of Sant Quirze and Santa Julita. The sculptural group, formed by an artificial stone pedestal on which three couples of sardanists dance around a cauldron with a sculpted flame, was made by Albert Rosa i Ribas, and the figures are the work of Manel Traité i Figueres (both sculptors born in the municipality of Olot). Two other collaborators participated in the general realization.
Subsequently, the monument has been used to commemorate other various events by adding commemorative plaques, such as the proclamation of Calella as Ciudad Pubilla de la Sardana 1996, the 50th anniversary of the Sardanista Calella Group (2000) and the centenary of the teacher Josep M. Tarridas i Barri (2003).
