Mural 'Banc de Peix'

Coordinates: 42.3739710000, 3.1663380000 (map)

After a winter storm assaulted the port of Llança on December 26, 2008, doing significant damage, the municipal government found the money to build a dam to protect the port from future disasters. In a few years, the new, 116 meters-long structure went up, safely covering not only the town but its pretty landscape too. The Costa Brava pairs well with white sails and fishing boats, not enormous utility planks of concrete.

In 2012, the Catalan artist and sculptor Carles Bros proposed using the dam as a giant canvas for a no less giant mural. The project was accepted and funded, and in three months the dam got turned into Banc de Peix (The Fish School), covering 3162 square meters of space. In the process of painting it, the artist had to use not only brushes and paint, but climbing equipment and safety harnesses too. On June 22, 2013, the dam makeover was officially revealed to the world. Today, Banc de Peix is the largest wall mural on the planet.

The concept behind it is genius in its simplicity — the subject matter of the mural does not depend on the length of the canvas, but it definitely nails the essence of marine life!