Street Art in a Small Spanish Mountain Village
<p>Located in the Alto Mijares county, Fanzara is a small Castellón community in the hills inland from Valencia City. The village, surrounded by mountains and sitting on the banks of the River Mijares does, like many others in the region, have a history dating back to the times when the Moors ruled Spain.</p>
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<p>A view to the mountains from Fanzara graffiti village (Photo: <a href="https://medium.com/@nancy_benn_va" rel="noopener">Nancy Benn</a>)</p>
<p>Also like many other rural communities, Fanzara was faced with a declining population as many young people headed to the cities for work. Unlike other small villages, Fanzara was transformed into an open-air art gallery in 2014 and, due to this initiative, now receives many visitors.</p>
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<p>Street art in Fanzara 2023 (Photo: Nancy Benn)</p>
<p>Lifelong fans of art, Javier López and Rafa Gascó firstly launched MIAU, <a href="https://miau32.wixsite.com/miaufanzara-2016" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Museo Inacabado del Arte Urbano</a> (the Unfinished Museum of Urban Art) with a view to inviting street artists to come and paint. The museum is ‘unfinished’ as the art is constantly changing. Either new murals are painted, or old faded painting are covered with something new in subsequent years.</p>
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