Tarragona, City of Human Towers

Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells
Tarragona, Ciutat de Castells - Ciudad de / Ville de / City of Castells

Equilibrium between smartness and emotion

The seconds lasted forever, he was at his limit. He couldn’t see anything, surrounded by dozens of tense bodies, worrying and sweating like him. The sound of flageolets and the shouts from the team leader, he knew he had to hold on. Heat, a lot of heat. That corpulent body, with a few winter layers on top, bravely endured. It was his brain that kept him going. Sure. On top of his shoulders the nine floor tower was being built. He didn’t want to even think about the weight on top of him. If it hadn’t been for the two girls acting like crutches under his arms he would have folded like crumpled paper...

The castles —the human tower constructions— originated in Tarragona and in Penedès and their origin comes from Valencian dances. Tarragona has four groups and the city lives and breathes the tower building spirit and ambience like never before. To build towers everyone is needed and in the right place, from the oldest to the youngest. If one is missing, it doesn’t get built, without bravery, neither.

 

HUMAN TOWER EXHIBITIONS (28 June-6 September 2023)

You can see human towers being built on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.(except 16 August) in front of the Tarragona cathedral.

DATE

PLACE

 COLLA CASTELLERA (HUMAN TOWER GROUP)

28/6

pla de la Seu

Nois de la Torre

5/7 pla de la Seu

Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona

12/7 plaça Santiago Rusiñol (plaça de les Cols)

Xiquets de Tarragona

19/7 pla de la Seu

Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona

26/7 pla de la Seu

Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

2/8 pla de la Seu

Xiquets del Serrallo

9/8 pla de la Seu

Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

23/8 pla de la Seu

Nois de la Torre

30/8 pla de la Seu

Xiquets del Serrallo

6/9 plaça Santiago Rusiñol (plaça de les Cols)

Xiquets de Tarragona

HUMAN TOWER EVENTS (24 June-24 September 2023)

Santa Tecla, Sant Magí, Sant Joan… The calendar is filled with human tower events featuring the city’s four colles (Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo and Castellers de Sant Pere i Sant Pau), with some of the best teams from the rest of the country also invited.

DATE/HOUR PLACE EVENT

COLLES CASTELLERES (HUMAN TOWER GROUP)

24/6, 7:30 p.m. plaça de la Font Sant Joan (St. John) Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo,
Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau
1/7, 5:00 p.m. pla de la Seu Pla de la Seu

Xiquets de Tarragona, Castellers de Vilafranca, Castellers de Sants

1/7, 6:30 p.m. plaça de Sant Magí (El Serrallo) Sant Pere (Saint Peter)

Xiquets del Serrallo, Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

2/7, noon plaça Catalunya (Sant Pere i Sant Pau) Sant Pere (Saint Peter)

Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau, Castellers de Badalona, Castellers d'Altafulla

15/7, 6:30 p.m. plaça de Sant Magí (El Serrallo) Mare de Déu del Carme (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Xiquets del Serrallo, Castellers de Lleida, Xiquets de Reus, Castellers de Terrassa

15/8, 7:30 p.m. Cós del Bou Sant Roc (Saint Roch)

Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

19/8, noon plaça Santiago Rusiñol (plaça de les Cols) Sant Magí

Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo,
Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

11/9, 12.30 p.m. pla de la Seu Catalan National Day

Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo,
Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

17/9. noon plaça de la Font Santa Tecla

Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Castellers de Vilafranca, Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls

23/9, 1:00 p.m. plaça de la Font Santa Tecla

Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo,
Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

24/9, 1:00 p.m. plaça Santiago Rusiñol (plaça de les Cols) La Mercè (Our Lady of Mercy)

Xiquets de Tarragona, Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo,
Colla Castellera Sant Pere i Sant Pau

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