MIAU, Fanzara

**Style:** Village-wide open-air urban art, mixing satire, conceptual play, social commentary, and poetic whimsy. Fanzara's Museo Inacabado de Arte Urbano, or MIAU, turns an entire small mountain village into an unfinished museum without walls, doors, or ticket desk. Since 2014, artists have painted facades, corners, shutters, and side streets, creating a place where contemporary muralism is woven directly into everyday rural life. What makes Fanzara special is the social story behind the paint. The project became a model of community-backed cultural renewal in a tiny municipality, with residents opening walls and streets to artists rather than separating art from the village. The result is not a polished mural district in the urban-festival sense; it feels more intimate, more surprising, and more conversational, with the river valley, village squares, and mountain quiet shaping how each wall is encountered.

Plaza de la Iglesia, 12230 Fanzara, Castellón, Spain