Andorra Activists Release Protest Song Against Alt de la Capa Viewing Platform

Residents campaigning against the planned Alt de la Capa viewing platform have released a protest song, stepping up pressure on La Massana's communal government a day before a rally in the parish.

The track, released under the slogan "Salvem la Capa," denounces the project's impact on the landscape and calls for it to be stopped immediately. Organisers of Thursday's gathering at 8:00 pm in Plaça del Quart also want a moratorium and a popular consultation.

The roughly two-and-a-half-minute song has spread quickly on social media. It opens by urging listeners to "listen to the land," asserting that from Arinsal to Pal "the voice is not for sale."

Its lyrics take aim at the project's backers, saying they "walk into the office dressed as progress," and criticise the treatment of the landscape as a source of revenue. The group repeats a line from the song: "outside we are thousands and no one will silence us."

The track also challenges what it presents as a contradiction between environmental protection and new infrastructure. It cites the UNESCO biosphere reserve designation while accusing authorities of pouring "cement" into the mountains and wanting to turn the natural surroundings "into a theme park."

The composition argues that the Alt de la Capa, at an altitude of 2,500 metres, is already a viewpoint in its own right and needs no "ridiculous hat that serves no one." It references Casamanya, Padern and Madriu, describing the water there as "bubbling up again," and presents the Capa as a "pyramid of our territory."

It closes with demands for an immediate halt and a moratorium, calling on supporters to defend the paths and using music as a tool of protest. The comú has yet to respond to the song.