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Gallifa
Municipality
The castle became a church
The castle became a church
Flag of Gallifa
Flag
Coat of arms of Gallifa
Coat of arms
Gallifa is located in Province of Barcelona
Gallifa
Gallifa
Location in Province of Barcelona
Gallifa is located in Catalonia
Gallifa
Gallifa
Location in Catalonia
Gallifa is located in Spain
Gallifa
Gallifa
Location in Spain
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Vallès Occidental
Area
 • Total 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Elevation
502 m (1,647 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 169
 • Density 10.37/km2 (26.85/sq mi)
Postal code
08146

Gallifa is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. It contains the Castle of Gallifa and was the location of the studio of ceramic artist Josep Llorens i Artigas and his son.

Claim to fame

The Castle of Gallifa overlooks the village from a height of 600 metres.

In 1953 Joan Miró and Josep Llorens i Artigas worked at Artigas's studio in Gallifa. There they created "firestones" which they exhibited under their joint names, including in 1956 a joint exhibition in New York. The following year the two worked on a mural for the UNESCO headquarters and for the University of Harvard. The tiles that made up the two murals for the UNESCO building were created in Gallifa and Miro supervised their installation in Paris. The murals are called "The Wall of the Sun" and "The Wall of the Moon".

The tiles for Joan Miró's ceramic mural (the Miró Wall) were fired in Gallifa and they were then transported 1200 km to the Ludwigshafen museum in Germany. They were placed four to a box so that they could be moved down the mountain by mule. After that lorries and the train were used to complete the journey from Catalonia to south western Germany.

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