Cova dels Maquis

Petita cova d'interès arqueològic a Gallifa

Gallifa • Vallès Occidental20m0

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Cova dels Maquis

Petita cova d'interès arqueològic a Gallifa

Gallifa · Vallès Occidental

Length: 20 m

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Small cave of archaeological interest in Gallifa, occupied from the Neolithic until the 17th century and a refuge during the Spanish Civil War.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Gallifa
Region: Vallès Occidental
Unit: Farell, el - Cingles de Gallifa
Length: 20 meters
Depth: 0 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Last review: 2016-06-16

Location

It is located on the upper part of a cliff that is difficult to access, west of the coll Llober, between the Morral del Puig and the Turó de la Pinassa. On the ICGC map it is located erroneously.

Entrances

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Cova dels Maquis
Elevation: 880 m
41.704847, 2.111450
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 426073 4617388
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Topographic

Cova dels Maquis - Topography, Gallifa, Vallès Occidental

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Description

Morphology

The cavity presents a slightly subrectangular shape in the only habitable room, at least usable with a certain comfort. This room has maximum axes of 11 by 12 metres. From the far left sector of this room starts a gallery of small dimensions and a maximum practicable length of about 8 metres, in a N direction. Formerly, the aforementioned room was the most usable sector of the cavity and one accessed it from beneath a wide visor, collapsed in the late Bronze Age, and, beneath which opened a mouth that currently presents 10 metres in diameter and 3.2 metres in height.

History

Known since time immemorial by the people of the region. It had been occupied by different settlers from the Neolithic until the 17th century, which caused many upheavals in its interior, detected during the archaeological excavations. It was not occupied again until the time of the Spanish Civil War by the so-called emboscats and a few years later, already in the post-war period, it would be a hiding place for republican elements infiltrated and resistant in Francoist territory, the maquis. It is at that moment that the cavity will take its current name.

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Bibliography

Rovira, J.; Garriga, M.; Ferrer, M.; de la Pinta, J. (1992).- “La Cova dels Maquis (Gallifa, Vallès Occidental): Ocupacions i utilitzacions entre el neolític antic i el segle XVII”. Gala. Revista d'Arqueologia i Antropologia (1): 7-44. Museu Arqueològic Municipal. Sant Feliu de Codines.