Gorg Blau
Gorg Blau is an artificial reservoir on the island of Majorca in the Balearic Islands, located in valleys between the Puig Major & Puig de Massanella. With Cúber, since 1971, it provides water to the city of Palma and the surrounding areas.
The torrent which starts at the reservoir, named the Gorg Blau Torrent or Sa Fosca Torrent, finishes in the Pareis Torrent. It was declared a natural monument by the Balearic Islands Government in 2003.
The first Gorg Blau
Until 1971, the name Gorg Blau referred to the thinnest place of the Pareis Torrent, which is the place that crossed the Sóller street by a bridge. Next to that bridge, a tunnel was drilled by the finally of save the cars. In the place named Cals Reis, in 1906, an electric central was building which it uses the water. Before the reservoir's creation, the place was become famous by the conjunction of the elevation of the torrent's walls, the blue of the waters & the bridge, which inspire a lot artists such as poets, photographers or painters, a success that gave the place touristic quality and postcard photo.
References in the art world
- One of the first references to his stetic quality is the romantic Pau Pirrifer i Fàbregues, who he found on his landscapes "sad and stillness"
- Miquel Costa i Llobera was inspirated to write the poem El Gorg Blau.
- The painter Joaquim Mir was inspirated on the Gorg Blau en la Vidriera with the triptic "Gorg blau", now in the National Art Museum of Catalonia.
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Coordinates: 39°48′14″N 2°49′08″E / 39.804°N 2.819°E