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Heritage route
The Heritage Route responds to the purpose of developing and conserving spaces of high cultural historical value, by creating this walkable route on foot or by bicycle, improving the alternatives for the use of free time and recreation.
While you are walking along the Costa Wharf and the Llevant Dock you can enjoy the Heritage Route of the Port of Tarragona with a route of more than 4 kilometers. It is made up of around twenty port elements (grues, buildings, boats... ) that are accompanied by panels in Catalan, Spanish and English in order to inform the characteristics and history of each of them.
While you are walking along the Costa Wharf and the Llevant Dock you can enjoy the Heritage Route of the Port of Tarragona with a route of more than 4 kilometers. It is made up of around twenty port elements (grues, buildings, boats... ) that are accompanied by panels in Catalan, Spanish and English in order to inform the characteristics and history of each of them.
Guided tour by discover the heritage of the Port of Tarragona. You start at the Teatret del Serrallo and tour spaces such as the shelters and tinglados of the Moll de Costa, l'Escala Reial, la Duaneta or the Banya lighthouse. At each point you will find a brief description, its history, photographs and a map of situation.
El Serrallo, un lloc de conte
'Petit Museu' collection
The collection ‘Petit Museu’ forms part of the project, started in autumn 2011, with the title, ‘The Serrallo, a place for stories: the memory of the fishers’. This initiative of the Public Library of Tarragona in collaboration with the Port Museum of Tarragona has the aim of recovering the intangible heritage of the Serrallo, Tarragona’s Port neighbourhood.
This project has counted on the support of the fishing and restaurant communities of the neighbourhood. Interviews have been held with people working on the sea, and in the world of fish and seafood cuisine: skippers, cooks, and current restaurant owners.
This project has counted on the support of the fishing and restaurant communities of the neighbourhood. Interviews have been held with people working on the sea, and in the world of fish and seafood cuisine: skippers, cooks, and current restaurant owners.
Tinglado 1
We finish the collection dedicated to the Serrallo with Abril and Èric, brothers, who participate for the first time in the festival of Carmen, patron saint of the sea. As children, they accompanied the grandfather to the procession by sea of the Virgin of Carmen and, now, with the family, friends and friends are part of the different entities of the neighborhood. Giants, Boys, Timbalers, Castellers, Devils, Brotherhoods... neighbors through tradition and popular culture integrate the Seguici del Serrallo
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Tarragona Port Authority| Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2024 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Tarragona Port Authority| Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2024 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
Vicenta, la peixetera, venedora de peix a Tarragona
After explaining the types of fisheries we now explain the auction of the fish and its sale to the fishmongers of the market. A trade, traditionally, at the hands of the women that Vicenta tells us how she began and the great party of her retirement at the stop where she gave the culinary recipes of the Serrallo kitchen to her customers.
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Tarragona Port Authority | Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2022 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Tarragona Port Authority | Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2022 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
JOSEP, EL LLUCET, PESCADOR DE PALANGRE. UNA DE LES ARTS MENORS DEL SERRALLO
Traditionally we talk about longlin hake due to its good quality and appearance thanks to the type of fishing; longlin. In this story we talk about this fishery and also about the presence of loggerhead turtles on our Miracle beach.
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Tarragona Port Authority | Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2018 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm |
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Tarragona Port Authority | Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2018 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm |
DOLORES, LA REMENDADORA, REMALLA XARXES VORA MAR. El treball de la dona al Serrallo
The work carried out by women in the Serrallo is explaied by Dolores, the repairer of nets. While the men go to sea to catch fish, the women repaired equipment and made tools for different types of fishing, as well as doing the housework and looking after the children. But not all boys could go to sea, and some of them stay on land, helping to repair the nets.
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Centre d'Estudis Marítims i Activitats del Port de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | ISBN: 978-84-608-9229-8 | Year: 2016 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Centre d'Estudis Marítims i Activitats del Port de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | ISBN: 978-84-608-9229-8 | Year: 2016 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
EN JOAN, EL SEITONET, PESCADOR DE NIT. Anar a la llum al Serrallo
Night fishing, using the encircling technique, is the theme of the third story of the Petit Museu collection. John, ‘The Little Anchovy, is a boy in charge of a boat with lights, and the story explains the dreams he has one night about dolphins, while the fish enter the nets.
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Centre d'Estudis Marítims i Activitats del Port de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | ISBN: 978-84-617-3220-3 | Year: 2014 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm | Number of pages: 23
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Centre d'Estudis Marítims i Activitats del Port de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | ISBN: 978-84-617-3220-3 | Year: 2014 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm | Number of pages: 23
EN RAMON, EL RANXERO, DE PESCADOR A CUINER. La cuina de barca al Serrallo
Ramon the ranch-hand is the main character of this story, dedicated to cuisine. The boy’s grandfather, having been a sailor himself, is now the cook at the restaurant ‘El Romesco’. In this restaurant, Ramon spends many a long afternoon listening to sea stories, and how his grandfather learnt to make romesco sauce and fish dishes.
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Centre d'Estudis Marítims I Activitats del Port de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | ISBN: 978-84-695-8855-0 | Year: 2013 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm |
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Centre d'Estudis Marítims I Activitats del Port de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | ISBN: 978-84-695-8855-0 | Year: 2013 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm |
EN PERE, EN VERMELL, ES FA A LA MAR, COM MANAR UNA BARCA AL SERRALLO
This is the story of a boy who wants to be a sailor, like his father, a skipper. One day, a net gets caught up in the propeller of the boat and the boy falls into the sea, still wearing his waterproof coat. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot swim back to the boat, so he takes off the red waterproof coat, a present from his mother, in order to be able to swim back to the boat, and safety.
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Museu del Port - Biblioteca Pública de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2012 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
Authors: Pujol, Imma; Latre, Antonio | Published by: Museu del Port - Biblioteca Pública de Tarragona | Collection: Petit Museu | Number of pages: 28 | Year: 2012 | Language: Catalan | Size: 21cmx21cm
La Vitrina
"La Vitrina" is a small display case in which we aim to explain the pieces in the Museum’s collection. A brief description of the characteristics of the object, an image and the use of each object, will be the content of this display case.
Motor Smith Bolnes
Diesel engine, low speed at two times and 1120 ph -power horses. Of 7 pistons online, being one reserve.
Extracted from the merchant ship called Dragonera that was built by the shipyards Juliana Constructora Gijonesa S.A. in 1960. In the early nineties, due to its poor condition, it was agreed to transfer it to the Society of Underwater Explorations to sink it near the breakwater of the dam, integrating it into the Underwater Park. Previously, this engine had been extracted and was transferred to the Escola Taller de Tarragona in order to be used, educationally, in the engine module.
On March 18, 1994, work began on the extraction, cleaning, repair of parts and preparation for their musealization and exhibition. A wreath was adapted around the engine which, with the strength of a motoreductor, allowed slow movement of the whole set of crankshafts, bevels and pistons provided with a closed grease system. The iron bench lifts the engine from the ground 50 cm to facilitate its observation and a rear staircase allows visitors to access the upper part and see the cylinders, thanks to the built-in methacrylate domes.
Since 2000 it has been part of the permanent exhibition of the Port of Tarragona Museum.
Exposed to: Workshop School 1992-1995 Refuge 1, from May 27 to August 27, 1995
- Year 1960
- Iron, copper
- Constructor: National company Elcano, Valencia. Mark Smith & Bolne
- Dimensions 3.35 x 5.25 x 1.8 meters€ per student
Extracted from the merchant ship called Dragonera that was built by the shipyards Juliana Constructora Gijonesa S.A. in 1960. In the early nineties, due to its poor condition, it was agreed to transfer it to the Society of Underwater Explorations to sink it near the breakwater of the dam, integrating it into the Underwater Park. Previously, this engine had been extracted and was transferred to the Escola Taller de Tarragona in order to be used, educationally, in the engine module.
On March 18, 1994, work began on the extraction, cleaning, repair of parts and preparation for their musealization and exhibition. A wreath was adapted around the engine which, with the strength of a motoreductor, allowed slow movement of the whole set of crankshafts, bevels and pistons provided with a closed grease system. The iron bench lifts the engine from the ground 50 cm to facilitate its observation and a rear staircase allows visitors to access the upper part and see the cylinders, thanks to the built-in methacrylate domes.
Since 2000 it has been part of the permanent exhibition of the Port of Tarragona Museum.
Exposed to: Workshop School 1992-1995 Refuge 1, from May 27 to August 27, 1995
- Year 1960
- Iron, copper
- Constructor: National company Elcano, Valencia. Mark Smith & Bolne
- Dimensions 3.35 x 5.25 x 1.8 meters€ per student
Capitan Argüello
Prepared to sail and paddle, it was built with escues to be able to sail to the beach of Calafell where its former owner, the writer Carles Barral, was made at sea. Built ex professo according to the instructions of the writer to the shipwright, Sebastià Roch, it has always been a recreational setting even if it had the appearance of a fishing boat. As Barral said in different press articles he liked to roam in winter so he sailed alone. The name of the boat comes from the pseudonym used by Father Barral in his writings. The colors it shines are inspired by the classic Greek ships, as well as the eyes depicted in the oars.
The book Catalunya des del mar was inspired and written in this boat.
After the writer's death in 1989, the construction remained on the beach of Calafell until the Port of Tarragona acquired it and subsequently restored it to be used in Latin sailing regattas and safeguarded as a historical maritime heritage with the intention of incorporating it into the collection of the future Port of Tarragona Museum, inaugurated in 2000 and where it is currently exhibited.
- 1956
- Wooden and built in traditional shipyard
- Master ship: Sebastià Roch Carles (Dassanes Roch de Tarragona)
- It lengths 6.15 m. Beam 2.44 m Puntal 0.75 m
The book Catalunya des del mar was inspired and written in this boat.
After the writer's death in 1989, the construction remained on the beach of Calafell until the Port of Tarragona acquired it and subsequently restored it to be used in Latin sailing regattas and safeguarded as a historical maritime heritage with the intention of incorporating it into the collection of the future Port of Tarragona Museum, inaugurated in 2000 and where it is currently exhibited.
- 1956
- Wooden and built in traditional shipyard
- Master ship: Sebastià Roch Carles (Dassanes Roch de Tarragona)
- It lengths 6.15 m. Beam 2.44 m Puntal 0.75 m
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