On the east bank of the Cardener and as a portal between the counties of Berga and Manresa, the castle of Súria controls the passage along the Old Road between the fortresses of Cardona and Manresa. It was built by Guifré, structured by his grandson Borrell II and inherited by Ermessenda de Carcassonne. On the
The bell tower of the church of Sant Mateu de Bages is one of the few examples of a bell tower from the pre-Romanesque period (10th century), with its characteristic horseshoe arches, although in some openings the arch is not very pronounced. The bell towr is the most interesting element of the parish church of
The Virgin of Viladelleva is an isolated Romanesque chapel about 6 km from the town of Callús. This church, of quite small dimensions, has a plan with a rectangular nave and a trapezoidal apse; this fact has led to consider it on occasion and erroneously as pre-Romanesque. The apse, located in the east, is lower
The Romanesque church of Sant Andreu de Castellnou is a monument that presides over the small old town of Castellnou de Bages, which retains the air of a small rural village quiet and uncrowded. This 11th-century Romanesque church with Lombard decoration is in good condition and Mass is still celebrated on the weekends. The natural
The church of Sant Pere de Vallhonesta in the municipality of Sant Vicenç de Castellet is a Romanesque church built in the twelfth century from earlier works probably from the eleventh century and pre-Romanesque, it was rebuilt in the thirteenth century. Although there is no free access to the interior of the temple, the beautiful
The castle and the church of Sant Esteve and Sant Sebastià form a homogeneous monumental complex located at the top of the so-called Turó del Castell, from where much of the Pla de Bages and the Llobregat valley are dominated with fantastic views. . The church is part of the National Artistic Heritage of Catalonia
The church of Sant Cugat del Racó is a unique set of Catalan Romanesque, built in the 11th century in the Lombard tradition on a previous pre-Romanesque temple with a square head. Due to its Greek cross plant and its circular dome, it is considered an exceptional example, as this type of dome is unique
The monumental complex of Coaner is located in the municipality of Sant Mateu de Bages, very close to Súria, in a quiet and picturesque valley of great landscape and architectural interest within the Plan of Areas of Natural Interest of the Sierra de Castelltallat. The complex consists of the church of Sant Julià Coaner, the
The Tines de la Vall del Flequer, located on the banks of the Flequer torrent in the municipality of Pont de Vilomara i Roquefort, are a valuable rural heritage and an exceptional legacy of the time of the gold rush of the vineyard in Bages. Between 1860 and 1890 Bages was the region with the
In Les Manxons, a neighborhood located west of the town of Callús next to the river Cardener we find the Tines dels Manxons. These old vats at the foot of the vineyard are a historical testimony of the wine activity that took place in the Pla de Bages in the s. XIX. Currently, this heritage
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