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Culture
From a fishi ng town to the centre of Catalan Art Nouveau
Back in medieval times, Sitges was essentially a small fishing village, and life was organized around Baluard headland, where the parish church, hospital and cemetery were, as well as a small group of houses, all enclosed and connected to the rest of the village by a bridge at the top of Major or Main Street. There are references to the existence of different gates that closed off Nou, Tacó, Carreta, Aigua and Davallada Streets and several towers, possibly erected in the 14th century, a fact that shows the entire village was walled.
Centuries later, and thanks to the initiative of artists, cultural motivators and patrons of the arts, like Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo or Charles Deering, Sitges became a standard setter for writers, painters, musicians and other intellectuals and an important center for the spreading of Modernisme (Catalan Modernism). During the passage from the 19th to the 20th century, the town became home to painters, sculptors, musicians and intellectuals who left their mark here that Sitgetans have maintained to this day.
Today, Sitges is known around the world for its heritage and for being a cosmopolitan town that continues to lure people belonging to the world of art and culture from all over.