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173 7.4.3. La Garriga: Giving meaning to the territory Author La Garriga City Council, Heritage Department. Type of Heritage Interpretation activity La Garriga (Barcelona) is a town where heritage is used as an excuse to give meaning to the territory. The tourist-cultural offer created around heritage uses heritage interpreta - tion as a basis. All actions are related and developed under this philosophy. Some means or strategies implemented in La Garriga are routes (guided and self-guided tours), activities, signage, territory museum, heritage interpretation-based management strategy, and training. La Garriga is organized, above all, as a museum territory or an open-air museum, based on the town’s numerous heritage attractions. Can Barbey interpretive station, one of the town’s main summer homes. The station highlights the work and the role played by anonymous people who built the house and took care of its maintenance. Picture by Anna Mas