El Vendrell is a town located in Catalonia, Spain, wedged between the Mediterranean and the mountains, which have both shaped the place's appearance, its customs and the character of its inhabitants. El Vendrell is the capital of the Baix Penedès or Lower Penedès, one of Catalonia's more peculiar comarques or counties, with an intermixing of traditional Penedès wine-growing and modern tourism and services... the cultural traditions dearest to the heart of all Catalans (diables ["devils" running with fire through the streets], the gralla [traditional treble guitar] and castells [towering "castles" made of humans standing on each other's shoulders]) and the universal music of maestro Pablo Casals. Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Baix Penedès is a comarca (county) on the coast of Catalonia. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... Castells are human towers that are traditionally built during festivals in many places in Catalonia, Spain. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Music City : a collaborative music database All Music Guide... Pau Casals i Defilló (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), commonly known as Pablo Casals, was a virtuoso Spanish cello player (and later conductor). ...