Balsareny

Service area for motorhomes Sallent-Balsareny (La Torre d’en Roca)

Service area and overnight stay for motorhomes in the parking of La Torre d'en Roca (agro shop and restaurant) in the road from Sallent to Balsareny. SITUATION Map Park4Night Coordinates: N 41°50’3.0552” E 1°52’36.1416” SERVICES Free electricity and water Parking and overnight stay OTHER INFORMATIONS Agro shop and Restaurant La Torre d'en Roca Restauration Cultural

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La Séquia en BTT: Itinerari llarg

This long circular route in BTT that we offer, is one of the routes that are part of the itineraries around the Acequia . La Acequia is one of the most important engineering works carried out in Catalonia during the Middle Ages. The water catchment is carried out in the Llobregat river under the balzo

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La Séquia en BTT: Itinerari mitjà

This average circular route in BBT that we offer, is one of the routes that are part of the itineraries around the Acequia. La Acequia is one of the most important engineering works carried out in Catalonia during the Middle Ages. The water catchment is carried out in the Llobregat river under the balzo of

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Itinerari BBT curt de la Séquia

This short circular route in BTT that we offer, is one of the routes that are part of the itineraries around the Acequia . La Acequia is one of the most important engineering works carried out in Catalonia during the Middle Ages. The water catchment is carried out in the Llobregat river under the balzo

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Ruta del romànic XIV.2 – Entre Balsareny i Gaià

Route 14.2 - 30.1km - 589.3m In the municipality of Gaià, a very rural area with extensive forests, the church of Sant Andreu de Genescà stands out, as well as the churches of Sant Esteve de Vilamaró and Sant Jordi de Lloberes. Route linked to the Romanesque Routes of Bages

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Ruta del romànic XIV.1 – Entre Balsareny i Gaià

Route 14.1 - 17.91km - 294m In the enclosure of the castle of Balsareny we can visit the small chapel of Sant Iscle and Santa Victòria, which was the old castle church of the lords of Balsareny. This chapel was built on top of where the monumental work of the Manresa canal begins, a work

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THE ORIGINS OF THE SÉQUIA (BALSARENY)

Circular walk of 5.8 km passing through the most representative places of the start of the channel of La Séquia. The tour starts at Plaça de l’Ajuntament, from where you can go up to the castle of Balsareny, then go down to the Resclosa dels Manresans and go back walking next to the channel. Through

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Channel of the Séquia (linear)

The channel of the Séquia is a medieval one (s.XIV) that permitted the growth of the city of Manresa and the agrarian development of a huge part of the Pla del Bages. Following the path that follows the line of the channel (26 km with minimum unevenness), constitutes a truly memorable experience: temples, fortifications, water

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Balsareny Castle

Balsareny Castle, declared a cultural asset of national interest in 1949, is without a doubt the most representative and emblematic monument of the town and one of the best known in the region. It is a fortification dated 951 and a good example of a Catalan civil Gothic fortress. It is one of the few

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Resclosa dels Manresans

The Resclosa dels Manresans is the starting point of the medieval canal of the Séquia, where it captures the waters of the river Llobregat. It was originally made of wooden logs, but since the early twentieth century it is covered with concrete. However, the dam retains the semi-elliptical shape it had when it was built.

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Guided tours of Balsareny Castle

Balsareny Castle, declared a cultural asset of national interest in 1949, is without a doubt the most representative and emblematic monument of the town and one of the best known in the region. It is a fortification dated 951 and a good example of a Catalan civil Gothic fortress. Every Saturday of the month there

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