Interview with Fet a Mida in the La Xarxa magazine

The book “La Catalunya Emergida” is a project initiated by its authors, Oscar Palau Just, Jesus Jordi Pinatella and Josep Maria Montarnau, in the spring of 2023 when the Catalan swamps were below 30%.

The Meteorological Service of Catalonia certified that it was the worst drought episode in 115 years.

A full color book, in journalistic chronicle format, with spectacular photographs by Josep Maria Montaner that show the contrast of the before and after of the elements that were submerged.

What do Francesc Macià, Leo Messi, Miquel Martí i Pol, the bandit Serrallonga, Jesús Moncada and one of the world’s great castanet concert performers have in common? What bad ending did a Russian bomber, an 18th century weapons factory, the Baells train station, a miner from Corçà, some maquis from Berguedà or the perfidious Count of Spain have? The answer must be sought in places that officially no longer exist, because one day a reservoir erased them from the map, despite the fact that many of them persist in emerging when serious episodes of drought occur.

With the construction of the Catalan swamps, from the 1990s to the 1990s, entire towns and many heritage elements such as mills, medieval bridges, ancestral roads, secular farmhouses, monasteries, hermitages, crops, industries, waterways were submerged or abandoned. of communication… and with them stories, images, memories and personal experiences that emerge again with this book. * «From Sau to Susqueda, from town to town, from bell tower to bell tower, for more than half a year we have felt very closely the harshness of the drought in order to explain many of the forgotten stories that, paradoxically, it has brought to light. We want to make you part of this dizzying and exciting journey in Catalonia that one day was erased from the map. Welcome to the emerged Catalonia.»

La Xarxa is a multimedia platform that provides content and services to more than 200 radios, televisions and media on local lines throughout Catalonia.

The work of La Xarxa allows these media to: have programming 24 hours a day and varied content and as a service to improve work systems and be more competitive. The Xarxa de Comunicación Local is the commercial brand of the Xarxa Audiovisual Local. They offer a variety of informative, sports, cultural, informative and entertainment content. With a local accent, live.

Reluet in Press