Mollerussa is in Lleida (province) and is the capital of Pla d'Urgell county
Understand
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The first written mention of Mollerussa dates back to the year 1079, - Mulieruciam - a document in which the counts of Barcelona gave Berenguer Gombau d'Anglesola a territory to be reconquered, repopulated and fortified.
Mollerussa is known for the fairs that are held throughout the year, such as the Sant Josep Fair. Agriculture, livestock and automotive (March); Autotrac. Automotive vehicles and machinery (April); Expoclàssic. Historic and classic vehicles (May); Autotardor. Used vehicles and machinery (October), LanParty. New technologies (November), Mollerussa DroneParty-drone sector (February) and the Santa Llúcia Market. Christmas and artisanal products (December).
Tourist office
[edit]- 1 Pla d'Urgell Tourist office (Oficina de Turisme del Pla d'Urgell), C/ Prat de la Riba, 1, ☏ +34 973 71 13 13. M-F 8:30-15:00.
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 railway station, Plaça de l'Estació 4. RL3 and RL4 commuter lines of Lleida from Rodalies de Catalunya
By bus
[edit]- 2 bus station (Estació d'autobusos de Mollerussa), Carrer de la Indústria.
By car
[edit]Mollerusa is in the junction of A-2 ( Lleida-Barcelona) and L-200 (Les Borges Blanques-Mollerusa)
Get around
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[edit]Charging stations
[edit]- 3 Endesa X - Servisimó Golmés. 34 kW, 50 kW
- 4 charging station Repsol, Avinguda de Jaume I. 50 kW
- 5 Mercadona Mollerussa charging station, Carrer del Doctor Josep Lluch. 3.7 kW
- 6 Ajuntament de Mollerussa- LAFON EdRR 1 - ETECNIC. 27.7 kW, 22 kW
See
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- 1 Ajuntament de Mollerussa, Pl. Ajuntament, 2.. In October 1957, the destroyed part of the old church that remained standing was demolished. On the vacant plot, the building designed by the banc Caixa de Pensions per a la Vellesa i d'Estalvis was erected, with the aim of housing its offices, departments and the municipal library, until the construction of the current one. The rest was destined for the construction of the new town hall. The construction project was entrusted to the architect Manuel Cases Lamolla. The construction began with the part destined for the headquarters of the Pension Fund and, later, the headquarters of the local government, for this reason, the facade has two different tones. Finally, in 1960, the construction works of the new town hall building were completed.
- 2 Museu de Vestits de Paper, Ferrer i Busquets, 90-92. Since the mid-20th century, the National Paper Dress Competition has been held annually in Mollerussa. Over time, a small collection was formed with some of the most outstanding costumes, which were sometimes exhibited at the Teatre de l'Amistat, the space where the competition had traditionally been held and where the tradition began. In 1998, the town council began to take charge of the management of the theatre, the competition and the costumes, and shortly after the collection was located in the Galeries Sant Jordi, with the intention of becoming a museum. In 2009, the current museum building and the museum as such were inaugurated, coinciding with that year's edition of the costume competition.
- 3 Capella de Sant Isidori, Pl. Major, 4. The origin of the chapel can be placed in the 16th century and from that time is the entrance door, crowned with a Gothic-Renaissance dome. The rest is the result of a modern reconstruction. As a historical fact, it is known that on September 7, 1646, the owner Maria d'Olzinelles, widow of Joan Bautista of the Chapel of Sant Isidori. This chapel is built in honor of Sant Isidori de Kios, a martyred soldier, who would be chosen as the patron saint of Mollerussa. The structure of Sant Isidori, dated between the 15th-16th centuries, was destroyed in 1936 and later rebuilt with the addition of the palm of martyrdom.
- 4 Església de Sant Jaume. The church was started at the beginning of 1950. On May 14, 1957, the work reached the first level of the bell tower, which was crowned and, therefore, the entire building was finished on June 6, 1958. In 1973, work began on the reform of the presbytery to adapt it to the new liturgical provisions. In 1995, the reform of the external side stairs and part of the baptistery was carried out. The archpriest's church has been in the diocese of Solsona since 1879. Until that date, it belonged to the archpriesthood of Tàrrega and since 1987 to that of Mollerussa.
- 5 Edifici de la Casa Canal, C. Jaume I, 1. The Casa Canal of Mollerussa was conceived in 1867 and opened in 1868 as agricultural warehouses managed by the Sociedad Anónima Canal de Urgel. Originally based in Tàrrega, the company soon recognised the need for central facilities to store produce, including the "novè", a tithe paid by farmers benefiting from irrigation. By 1876, its offices moved permanently to Mollerussa, where additional infrastructure such as threshing areas, barns, and vats for oil and wine were developed. A distillery, later converted into a Civil Guard barracks, was also built. Between 1910 and 1935, the Casa Canal enjoyed its peak, with architectural embellishments, the installation of modern water systems, and the creation of notable gardens. In 1911, a director’s residence, later known as Cal Vilaró, was added. Following the end of the original concession in 1964, a legal dispute arose over ownership, resolved in 1967 when the Community of Irrigators purchased the property.
- 6 Cal Niubó (Consell Comarcal del Pla d'Urgell), C. de Prat de la Riba, 1. is a modernist-style stately home built in 1905 and 1906 in Mollerussa. Since 1990 it has been the headquarters of the Pla d'Urgell County Council. Josep Niubó Espinet, who lived in Linyola at the beginning of the 20th century, had been thinking about building a home in Mollerussa for some time, in order to save time transporting grain carts to the train station. He decided to build the house after winning second prize in the Christmas lottery in 1904. With the prize, of 250,000 pesetas, he bought several plots of land in Mollerussa, including a plot next to the train track, where he decided to build Cal Niubó. The work began in 1905 and was completed in 1906. The building was the stately home of the Niubó family from construction until 1988, when the former owner, Flòrido Niubó, donated it to the Mollerussa City Council. In 1990 it was restored and used as the headquarters of the Pla d'Urgell County Council. An adjacent glass building has been added where other offices linked to the County Council are located.
- Parc Municipal
- Espai Cultural del Canal d'Urgell
- Teatre l'Amistat
- Mercat municipal de Mollerussa
- La Serra
- Arxiu Comarcal del Pla d'Urgell
Do
[edit]In the Pla d'Urgell you can enjoy fifteen routes, which we divide into three large groups: nature, culture and water. Most are of low-medium difficulty and can be done on foot, by bicycle or by motor vehicle, some are even specially designed to be done on horseback.
Visit the Ivars i Vilasana lake, the biological jewel of the region, where you can enjoy the flora and fauna that surrounds it.
Tourist and leisure activities: walks and horseback riding, flights in a small plane to be able to see this territory from a different perspective, learn to drive a tractor, travel the Urgell canals by bicycle, discover the area through one of our emblematic symbols of autumn and winter, the fog, or visit a living nativity scene during the Christmas holidays.