‘I feel the river’

Girona is a city of four rivers where the Galligans is perhaps the great unknown. Visitors who arrive in the city for just a few hours are captivated by the panoramas offered by the Onyar or the Ter, but few notice the presence of this stream, which runs buried beneath the city.

The Galligans collects the waters from the Àngels mountain, the Fuente de la Pólvora, and the Santo Miquel mountain range to flow into the space between the Fuerza Vieja and the Sant Pere de Galligans monastery, crossing the Sant Daniel valley. Where it was buried before flowing into the Onyar River. Most of the year it doesn't carry water, but during the rainy season it can bring a considerable flow.

The proposal envisions the recovery of the final stretch of the Galligans River, through the recreation of the riverside environment, in an urban area where the river flows underground. The installation invites you to experience the river where the river is no longer, and draws visitors' attention to its spatial, social, and ecological richness, encouraging them to walk along it, upstream, celebrating the water environment. In doing so, we also somewhat restore respect for this precious resource.

Material provided by: Vivers i Gardens Moner S.L.