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From the 27<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b> of October to the 5<\/span><\/b>th<\/span><\/b> of November<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>Girona <\/span><\/b>will experience one of its most popular festivals, the <\/span>Fires de Sant Narc\u00eds<\/span><\/b>, patron saint of the city, with a very full <\/span>programme<\/span><\/a> for all tastes and ages, which includes more than <\/span>200<\/span><\/b> cultural, children’s, musical and fun <\/span>events <\/span><\/b>for everyone to enjoy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So that you can travel to Girona in a comfortable way, <\/span>Shuttle2Sun<\/span><\/a> offers its <\/span>shared transfer services<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>private transfer services<\/span><\/a>, low-cost and sustainable, from <\/span>Girona airport<\/span><\/b>. Remember that Shuttle2Sun also operates at <\/span>Barcelona airport, port of Barcelona and Camp de Tarragona AVE train station<\/span><\/b>, so you can go to any other destination on the Catalan coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||30px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|60px|30px|60px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n In 1285 the army of the <\/span>King of France, Philip III the Bold<\/span><\/b> arrived in Girona to confront King Peter III the Great of Aragon, where they stole and desecrated the tomb of <\/span>Sant Narc\u00eds<\/span><\/b>, which was in the church of Sant Feliu, breaking his arm. According to legend, a cloud of large <\/span>flies <\/span><\/b>began to sprout from the saint’s body, killing the soldiers and horses of the French army.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Centuries later, in 1653, the flies once again defended the city, when the French again besieged the city of Girona, this time led by General <\/span>Plessis-Belli\u00e8re <\/span><\/b>and Marshal <\/span>Hocquincourt<\/span><\/b>. And in 1684, the same thing happened, when the French army, once again, tried to take Girona, under the orders of Marshal <\/span>Bellefond<\/span><\/b>, and once again died at the hands of the flies of Sant Narc\u00eds.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you have visited <\/span>Girona <\/span><\/b>on any occasion, you will surely have noticed that flies are a symbol of the city, and if you have not yet done so, we encourage you to get to know this town and look for this popular insect on the walls of the streets of the old quarter. One of the most significant places in this respect is <\/span>Carrer de les Mosques<\/span><\/b>, decorated with sculptures of this bug, perched on its wall.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the same street, there was a house where, in theory, Narc\u00eds lived. In one of the windows, there is a footprint of the saint, which, according to the stories, he himself placed there to throw off those who were chasing him.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.shuttle2sun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/26.10-Fires-Sant-Narcis-Girona-1.png” alt=”Fires Sant Narc\u00eds Girona Airport” title_text=”Fires Sant Narc\u00eds Girona Airport” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px|||||” custom_padding_tablet=”|60px||60px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Today, in memory of this event, there is a large <\/span>sculpture of the foot of Sant Narc\u00eds<\/span><\/b>, with flies at the corners of the monolith.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In Carrer de les Mosques, you can also see a replica of a work by <\/span>Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/span><\/b>, in which Sant Narc\u00eds appears surrounded by these insects. Urban art artists have also painted flies in various parts of Girona’s old quarter to highlight the role of flies in the city’s history.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you don’t want to miss anything of what we explain in this publication, remember that you can get to <\/span>Girona <\/span><\/b>with <\/span>Shuttle2Sun<\/span><\/a>, thanks to its <\/span>shared transfer services<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>private transfer services<\/span><\/a>, from <\/span>Girona airport<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOrigin of the festivities<\/h2>\n
Cultural events<\/h2>\n