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Situation
Monument situated on mountain pass with the name wrongly "Coll de
la Manrella" (700 metres high) within the municipality of Agullana.
History
You find yourself in front of the monument erected in 1979 by the group
Comissio d'actes (Lluis Companys) in remembrance to the memory of the
president of the President of the Generalitat (l934/36-l939). Lluis Companys
who accompanied by the Basque President J:M. Aguirre went into exile
by the mountain pass (Coll de Lli) (La Vajol) on 5th February, 1939 hours
after the President of the Republic M. Azana left the country. From 1981,
the nearest Sunday to l5th October a commemoration of the anniversary
of the execution of the President is marked by a friendly meeting between
both sides of Catalunya , the Frenchn and the Spanish is organised, not
only in remembrance of Lluis Companys and the 500,000 Spanish, especially
Catalan, who in this area tried to escape in l939 to exile, but also
all those who were victims of the dictatorship.
The
Pyramid is constructed from Granite Blocks
Situation
Talc Mine. Situated in the Municipality of La Vajol. Situated in the
area called el serrtdeles mines. Also popularly called Gurugu.
History
This is the last talc mine of Catalunya which first appears in history
when Juan Negrin, President of the Central Government, l937-l939, at
the outbreak of the Civil War sent a consignment of pictures from the
Prado museum and Gold from the Bank of Spain, valued by historians at
$500,000 and which later on towards Mexico on board the Vita. In this
context the building on one of the pitheads was built, which nowadays
belongs to M. Giralt.
It
remained under the direct responsibility of the Minister of Economy and
Finance, E. Ramos, who was declared watchman of the treasure by J. Negrin.
30 people worked in the mine during the l960s.
Working
conditions in the cold and humid galleries were hard and the risk of
roof collapses was high, those sectors were underpinned by cross pieces
and beams of chestnut and acacia as a precaution.
The
extracted mineral talcum was used for manufacturing ceramic, animal food,
painting, paper and cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.
Nowadays
a museum. Open Saturdays and Sundays 5.00 - 7.00
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