Gegantons de Sant Pere de les Puel·les
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Fact sheet
Descripció
Alfons el Franc
Built in 2014 by
Toni Mujal
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Alçada
2.70m. -
Pes
27.00kg.
Descripció
Isabel de Portugal
Built in 2014 by
Toni Mujal
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Alçada
2.70m. -
Pes
26.00kg.
Alfons el Franc and Isabel de Portugal are a couple of little giants associated with the parish of Sant Pere de les Puel·les. They represent two of the children of King Pere II the Great and Constança de Sicília - the Giants of Sant Pere de les Puel·les.
They are the creations of the master image-maker Toni Mujal, who made them especially for young children, so they could carry them and join in the giants' processions. The figures were presented in November 2014. Alfons, in fact, is the only character that is new, as Isabel had already been around before she was given a complete remodelling.
The little giant is the infant Alfons el Franc, who was the king of the crown of Aragón and the Count of Barcelona from 1285 to 1291. He is dressed in the traditional clothes of a nobleman from the 13th century –ornamented shirt, a long cloak and a slanting cap– carrying a bunch of wild herbs in his hand.
Alfons is the older brother of Isabel, who was the princess of Aragón and later, from 1282 to 1325, the Queen of Portugal. The new little giant replaces the one from 2003, created by Jaume Castells, the former head of the giants'-procession group and the promoter behind the movement to reclaim Sant Pere de les Puel·les' Giants. It was decided in this case that the entire little giant should be remade and given a new face as well as new cloths and features. Her hand bears a key in honour of St Peter, the parish's patron saint, who is usually associated with this feature.