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3 of 8 of the Colla del Roser in Plaça del Blat de Valls, on 25/01/1863. Author: Jacinto Maranges (Ceretana Photography)

Date
1863
Archive
Valls Municipal Archive
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
CAT-AMV-24-69714
Link to the archive
Description

Valls is considered the birthplace of human castles, where they would be documented from the first decennial festivals, in 1791. This is the first known photograph of castles and the society or group that is the protagonist is the antecedent of the current Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls. The gangs have been changing their names but the rivalry between the farmers and the minstrels, between the Old and the New… most likely allowed it to be in Valls where the castles took off, to the point that saying Xiquets de Valls was synonymous with making castles. Today, the two gangs of Valls, together with the Minyons of Terrassa and the Castellers of Vilafranca are still at the forefront of the casteller world. A world that since 2010 has been considered Intangible Heritage of Humanity.