A lawyer by profession, Ramon Mascort was a great driving force behind the creation of tourism businesses in the Empordà. Together with Jordi Sargatal and Josep del Hoyo, he founded Lynx Edicions, a publishing house specialising in nature, wildlife and flora, and especially in the study of birds. His flagship work is the Handbook of the Birds of the World, a renowned world reference in ornithology.
His father, Ramon Mascort Galibern, and his uncle, the painter José Mª Mascort Galibern, introduced him to the world of art and art collecting
Ramon Mascort received several recognitions such as the Montgrí Medal, on August 24th 2014, and the Gold Medal of the Antiquarian Guild of Catalonia, on February 18th 2016. That same month he was named Honorary Academician of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. He was also awarded by the Fundació Valvi Prize, who awarded the Mascort Group in recognition of his career in the field of preserving the environmental and landscape heritage within the framework of the Girona counties.
Who we are
The Patronage
The Patronage is the governing body of the Mascort Foundation and is made up of representatives from various fields.
Carmen Pascual Massaguer
President of Fundació Mascort
Lawyer and Director of Businesses and Tourism Activities
Francisco Fernández de Villavicencio Álvarez-Ossorio
Economist - Tax Advisor
Maria Teresa Pont Aragón
Director of the Mascort Group
Rosa M. Creixell Cabeza
PhD in Art History - Specialist in Decorative Arts
Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona's Department of Art History, specializing in Museology and Museography
Josep del Hoyo Calduch
Doctor of Medicine
Director of Lynx Edicions (1989-2022)
Jordi Sargatal Vicens
Naturalist
Director of Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls (1984-1998) and Fundació Territori i Paisatge (1998-2009)
Josep Pascual Massaguer
Meteorologist
Surveyor