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CASTELLÓ DE RUGAT The heritage of mud In the middle of a “White Vall”, where clarity predominates, a village puts the note of color to the region. Castelló de Rugat and its red and clay soil, has made this condition a way of life. Thus, Castelló made the manufacture of pitchers first, and the brick industry afterwards, its main source of income. The production of jugs was so important for this town of Vall d’Albaida that it even changed its name to be called “Castelló de les Gerres”. Now, many years later, this passionate color that permeates the lands of the Castellonenses is one of the reasons to visit this Valldalbaidí village. But, along with the heritage of the mud, the hermitage of Sant Antoni and Canyeta street also stand out in Castelló de Rugat. Three reasons why you should not stop visiting this town, if you haven’t already.
From the production of pitchers, to the brick industry and to the art of Evarist Navarro The mud has been the past, the present and who knows if the future of Castelló de Rugat. The clay soil of this town has allowed him to live throughout the years of it, with the creation of all kinds of pitchers first, and with the brick industry afterwards. And it has also been the clay that has given Castelló one of its greatest artists, recognized throughout the world: Evarist Navarro and Segura. This sculptor, from
a family that owns a brick industry, made clay his experimentation material and the center to create his artistic discourse. In Castelló he established his workshop, known as ‘La Bancalaria’, an area for experimentation, creation and meeting with friends and artists. Unfortunately, Navarro died recently, and left his land orphaned of his humility and his art. Today, The Evarist Navarro Jug Museum and the 18th century Forn (kiln) are witnesses of the heritage that mud has left in this town.
