Understand
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Map of Camprodon
The town's origins date back to 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III granted permission to build a market next to the monastery of Sant Pere, the embryo of the current town. In 1252, Camprodon became a royal town and head of the homonymous vegueria and ceased to be subject to the jurisdiction of the monastery's abbot. Between 1286 and 1301, the Viscount of Castellnou held jurisdiction over the town, although it later returned to the county-royal patrimony.
On 2 February 1428, it was the epicentre of a strong earthquake that caused around 200 deaths there, and more than 1,000 in all of Catalonia. From the 15th century to the second half of the 19th century, Camprodon suffered several sackings, fires and destruction caused by the numerous wars.
Tourist office
[edit]- 1 Vall de Camprodon Tourist Office, C/ Sant Roc, 2, ☏ +34 972 740 010, [email protected]. M-Sa 10:00-14:00, 17:00-19:00; Su 10:00-13:00.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]By train
[edit]To arrive by train from Barcelona, you must take Line R3 to Ripoll, from any of the following stations: Barcelona Sants, Plaça Catalunya, Arc de Triomf, Sagrera-Meridiana or Sant Andreu Arenal. Once we arrive in Ripoll, we must take a bus to Camprodon. About 100 meters from the train station we have the bus station.
By bus
[edit]- 1 Camprodon bus station (Estació d'autobusos de Camprodon), Camí del Camp de la Vila, ☏ +34 972 204 870, +34 972 747 181, [email protected].
By car
[edit]- From Barcelona, take the C-17 road to Ripoll (free dual carriageway) and take the C-26 road to the Collabós tunnels roundabout. Then, continue towards Sant Pau de Segúries on the C-38.
- From Girona, take the C-66 road to Banyoles and take the A-26 dual carriageway to Olot. Once in Olot, head towards the Collabós tunnels on the C-26 and continue to Sant Pau de Segúries on the C-38 road once you have passed the tunnels.
Get around
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Parking
[edit]- 2 Motorhome parking (Aparcament per a caravanes), Carrer del Mas Ventós. no services. free.
See
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- 1 New Bridge (Pont Nou). It is located over the Ter, just after its confluence with the Ritort, which separates the Vila de Dalt (or nucleus centered by the monastery) from the Vila de Baix. The bridge was probably built between 1196 and 1226, and partly rebuilt in the 14th century, in order to make way for the bridleway that led to Cerdanya.
- 2 Village of Beget, GIV-5223. Beget is 18 km away from downtown, and is considered one of the most charming villages in Catalonia. It remains virtually untouched by time and retains the natural and rural beauty of its beginnings.
- 3 Monastery Sant Pere de Camprodon, Carrer del Monestir. Established around 950 by Guifré II of Besalú, all that remains is the Romanesque church consecrated in 1169 and built on a previous one consecrated in 904. The monastery, which soon experienced a strong religious and patrimonial expansion, was united in 1078 to the abbey of Moissac, a branch of Cluny, from which it would not separate until 1461, at which point it had already begun its decline.
- 4 Saint Mary Church (Església de Santa Maria), Pl. de Santa Maria.. The monks of Sant Pere de Camprodon had a chapel dedicated to Santa Maria built, with the aim of using it as a parish church under the monastery. This chapel, perhaps begun in 1013, was restored in 1096 and has been enlarged and modified on several occasions. The parish became independent of the monastery in 1759. It houses the Ark of Sant Patllari and other pieces of goldsmithing, from Sant Pere.
- 5 Passeig Maristany, Passeig Maristany. The Passeig Maristany was conceived by Francesc Carles Maristany i Garriga in 1923. The passeig became the cradle of an area of new construction with houses designed by architects such as Duran i Reynals, Coderch, Mitjans, Sagnier, etc.
- 6 Xalet Maristany, Passeig Maristany 2. Residential building by architect Bernardí Martorell, in Noucentista style built between 1922-23. It is one of the largest villas on the entire Maristany Avenue. Built with squared river stone, it is a magnificent example of work made with local materials. At the back of the building we find a large covered gallery that is accessible from the rooms on the upper floor, leaving the whole building covered by a gable roof on the front of the building and which when moved to the back becomes a fun game of stone and brick. The whole makes us think of a certain Victorianism. The magnificent garden that surrounds the building is worth highlighting.
- 7 Can Garcia Nieto (El Robledal), Passeig Maristany 6. Building built in 1930, The facades of the house have exposed stone finished with Opus spicatum. In front of the house there is a large terrace delimited by a stone balustrade. The rest of the land is formed by a large park with conifers, oaks and an araucaria located in front of the terrace. Behind the main residence is the gatehouse, rectangular in plan and covered on two sides, and an annex building, where the president of the government of the Second Spanish Republic and his family stayed for a time
- 8 Can Farrés (Vora el Ter)), Passeig Maristany 17-19. Built by Gaietà Vilella in the 1930s, it was confiscated by the Commissariat for Assistance to Refugees during the 1936-39 war to house refugees. The house was badly damaged and at the end of the war its owners commissioned the architect F. Mitjans to repair it. He also built the monumental chapel and cloister complex in 1943. The complex consists of three exposed stone buildings: the gatehouse, the chapel and the cloister, and the summer residence. The cloister and chapel are a reinterpretation of a Romanesque construction mixing original pieces from S. Esteban de Gormaz (Soria), dismantled and sold by the Castilian city council and bishopric in 1922 to an art dealer, with others that imitate them. Behind the chapel a rectangular building with a ground floor and an upper floor was built. The roof is gabled. The roofs of all the buildings are made of Arabic tiles. The exact origin of the craft pieces (capitals, lintels, corbels) is unknown.
- 9 Can Guasch, Passeig Maristany 21-23. Building built between 1948-50 designed by the architect R. Duran i Reynals. The roof is made of Arabic tiles, with important barbicans that finish the four facades. The main facade has the access to the interior. The old gatehouse is used as a residence.
- 10 Xalet Costa Font, Passeig Maristany 32. Building built around 1959, by R. Duran i Reynals, which reinterprets the construction typology of mountain farmhouses. The lower part is completely excavated into the rock and contains the services, games room and boiler. Above it rises the rectangular floor of the residence developed on two levels. The roof is oriented on two slopes and covered with Arabic tiles. The main facade, oriented towards Serra Cavallera, has openings of horizontal proportion protected internally by shutters moved by a counterweight system on the inside. The other openings have more square proportions. A covered terrace with a considerable overhang opens onto the main facade. The Camprodon coat of arms, sculpted in stone, occupies a large part of the lintel of the entrance door. The entire construction is of very well-executed exposed brick. Esteve Carola was the builder who built the house
- 11 Passeig Font Nova, Passeig Font Nova. It is a work from the end of the 19th century and its route goes from the old Casal to the Font Nova. This walk is essentially dominated by horse chestnut trees. On one side, it is flanked by the left side of the Ritort river and on the other by three important listed buildings: the Casal, Can Torrent and Ca n'Oliveda. The Font Nova, which is at the end of the walk, is the work of the architect Josep Alemany.
Do
[edit]Hiking
[edit]- Les fonts de Sant Patllari, Boix i Vern
- Camprodon-Llanars
- Pujada a l’ermita de Sant Antoni
- Coll Gener
- Beget-Rocabruna
- Coll de Bestracà
- Monars
- La Roureda de Can Pascal
- Ruta literària I
- Ruta literària II
- Camprodon-Santuari del Remei
- Ruta de la Retirada de Camprodon
Cycling
[edit]- Pirinexus route crosses the city.
Ski
[edit]Golf
[edit]- 2 Club de golf Camprodon, Carrer del Llandrius s/n, ☏ +34 972 130 125, +34 630 265 506, [email protected]. €37-€7.
Horse riding
[edit]- 3 Trac Cavalls (Mas Tubert), Camí de Bolòs, Bolòs, ☏ +34 972 130 327. No credit cards
Events
[edit]Camprodon offers a range of leisure and cultural activities, as well as hosting a variety of events. The Sant Patllari town festival, the Isaac Albéniz Music Festival and the Sacred Mystery procession are among the best-known but it is also home to a range of other traditional fairs, such as the arts and crafts market on the first Sunday of August and the Puríssima Fair, when the streets buzz with colour and atmosphere.
Buy
[edit]- 1 Birba biscuits Factory (Galetes Birba). In 1910, Llorenç Birba, advised by a friend, tried his luck with making cookies, a product that could be preserved for a longer time. In 1929 he opened a new, much larger factory, located between the municipalities of Camprodon and Llanars. That same year he won the gold medal and diploma of honor at the Barcelona International Exhibition for the quality of his cookies. The current factory was built in 2008 next to Camprodon and covers over 7,000 m², but it still retains the original factory ovens that are in perfect working order. Today Birba’s product range consists of a number of varieties, most of which it was already making when it started out in 1893.
- 2 Cal Xec, C. Isaac Albèniz, 1, ☏ +34 972 74 00 84, [email protected]. 09:00-14:00, 15:30-20:30. Cured meats, Cheese and sausages (Embotits)
- Trumfa potato is one of Camprodon’s most emblematic culinary products and is grown on the mountains of the municipality.
Eat
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[edit]Campsites
[edit]- 1 Càmping Solans, C-38, ☏ +34 972 13 00 99.
- 2 Càmping Vall de Camprodon, C-38, ☏ +34 972 74 05 07, [email protected].
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[edit]| Routes through Camprodon |
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