elephant

Animal arrived in center 15 years ago after being seized from amusement park

Event in northern Catalan city welcomes some 80 artists from around the world until February 19

The eighth edition of the circus will bring a spectator day with all tickets at the price of 18€

Almost 100 international artists will perform at the Gold Elephant International Circus Festival in Girona

It is the first time that the complete remains of an elephant have been found in the Catalan mountain range, Massís del Garraf, located in Greater Barcelona. Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona found the remains which have been dated as up to 100,000 years old. The remains were found in the ‘Cova del Rinoceront’ (Rhinoceros’ cave), in Castelldefels, a unique Palaeolithic site in Catalonia. The remains show that there were elephants in the central Catalan coastal area before the mammoths’ own arrival during the Ice Age.