Castellers de Vilafranca deliver their best performance ever on All Saints' Day 'diada'

The Castellers de Vilafranca achieved a historic milestone on Saturday during the All Saints’ Day diada.

In Vilafranca del Penedès's packed Plaça de la Vila, the legendary green 'colla' once again made history.

They completed two 10-level human towers, a '3 de 10' and a '4 de 10,' both supported by two additional tiers at the base (folre i manilles).

The team also successfully built a clean '4 de 9' (nine levels, four people per tier, without extra support) and a 'pilar de 8' with 'folre i manilles' (an eight-level pillar, one person per tier, with support).

This "poker" of gamma extra towers, the most technically challenging category, marked the group’s best performance ever.

The green colla also attempted a '9 de 9' with 'folre,' one of the most difficult towers in the casteller world, but it collapsed just before completion.

To learn more about the history of Castellers de Vilafranca and what's behind their breathtaking castells, listen to this episode of our podcast Filling the Sink.