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Circusland

Palau Internacional de les Arts del Circ
Established	December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)
Location	Besalú. Girona. Spain
Type	Circus museum
Founder	Circus Art Foundation
Director	Genís Matabosch Giménez
Website	circusland.org/en/inicial-3/

Circusland, also known as the International Palace of Circus Arts (in Catalan, Palau Internacional de les Arts del Circ),^[1] is a museum dedicated to the world of circus, located in Besalú, Catalonia (Spain). It was opened the 18th of December of 2020.^[2] It is housed within the Cal Coro building (built in 1945), where the abbey house of Besalú's Sant Pere monastery originally was.^[1]

It is currently Europe's only patrimonial institution dedicated to circus history and tradition.^[3] Its goal is to gather, preserve, research, showcase and promote the cultural heritage of the circus.^[4][5]

Along with the Golden Elephant International Circus Festival, it is one of the main initiatives promoted by the Circus Art Foundation, a Spanish private cultural foundation directed by Genís Matabosch, a circus historian and producer. The foundation's goal is to promote, disseminate, protect and give prestige to the circus arts as leisure, a performing art, an integral part of culture and a paradigm of multiculturalism.^[6]