Josep Sala Mañé

Josep Sala i Mañé (1938 – 20 April 2020) was a Spanish Catalan casteller.

In his youth, he was member of the Castellers de Vilafranca[2] until his family moved to Barcelona in the 50s.

[3] In 1958, alongside the Duch family and Pere Català i Roca [ca] he founded the colla (team) of Castellers de Ballets de Cataluña,[4] but this group dissolved in 1963.

Six years later, Sala founded the Castellers de Barcelona, the fourth oldest, and was its head between 1969 and 1976.

[5] He died on 20 April 2020 in his hometown, at the age of 82, after suffering from COVID-19 during COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.