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Feasts of Santa Tecla

Date
1972
Archive
Municipal Archive of Tarragona
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
CAT AHCT 01.01-9039
Link to the archive
Description

This photograph from 1972 captures a symbolic moment of the Santa Tecla Festival in Tarragona: the act of twinning with the city of Alguer. The scene, held in Miracle Park, includes the inauguration of a plaque with the name of the Glorieta de l’Alguer and a commemorative monument. Mayor Ricardo Vilar Guix receives a representative from Alghero in a gesture of cultural brotherhood. This graphic document reflects the desire to strengthen the historical and linguistic ties between two Catalan-speaking communities, separated geographically but united by a shared identity. It is an example of how popular festivals can become spaces for cultural diplomacy and the construction of a Europe of regions, based on diversity and common memory.