GRANOLLERS
La Porxada (grain market)
Construction: 1586 and 1587.
History and characteristics: La Porxada is a building consisting of a stone platform, 15 stone columns and a roof, as well as a basement. Built between 1586 and 1587 by master builder Bartomeu Brufalt at the request of the City Council, it is the most characteristic and emblematic architectural feature of the city of Granollers. During the Spanish Civil War, it was partially destroyed during a bombing raid and subsequently rebuilt. More recently, it was restored by the local architectural heritage department of the Barcelona Provincial Council between 1985 and 1986.
Listed as: Historic and artistic monument since 2006.
Sala Francesc Tarafa (former Sant Domènech Hospital)
History: the building was constructed in 1329. In 1521, Pere de Clariana i de Seva donated it to the city so that it could be converted into a hospital... which did not happen until 1823. The Gothic nave was used as a religious building and the hospital was located in the surrounding houses, which no longer exist today. The town council had it renovated by architect Joaquim Raspall and handed it over to the Mancomunitat de Catalunya to house a library, which was inaugurated on 21 October 1926 by Alfonso XIII.
Characteristics: during the renovation carried out in 1926, the Gothic style and structures of the old hospital were preserved, medieval-inspired decorative elements were added to the façade and the neo-Gothic elements of the interior were removed. Instead, plant motifs, stucco work and stained-glass windows in the Modernist style were installed. The façade is designed in a style reminiscent of Catalan Gothic. The Gothic hall of the building is the most important example of Gothic architecture in Granollers.
Listed as: cultural asset of local interest.
Bell tower of the church of Sant Esteve
Construction: 15th century.
History and characteristics: the bell tower is the only remaining part of the old Gothic church of Sant Esteve, built in the 15th century on a Romanesque structure. The current church was built between 1940 and 1942, after being destroyed during the Civil War in 1936. The Granollers Museum has corbels and capitals from the Gothic church.
Gothic and Renaissance residences
Construction: 16th century.
Characteristics: Porxada Square is home to some unique buildings, including two 16th-century mansions. Number 28 is a building representative of 16th- and 17th-century architecture. It underwent some renovations during the first 25 years of the 20th century, but its ancient origins were not altered. The date 1541 is inscribed on one of the entrances on the ground floor. The residence at number 30 dates from the 16th century and was renovated in the 1970s. It currently has three original Gothic/Renaissance windows, where several silhouettes of angels and faces of women and horses can be clearly seen.
Adoberia dels Ginebreda (tannery)
The Adoberia, a historical interpretation centre of medieval Granollers, offers a unique museum experience that allows visitors to discover a pre-industrial craft complex, as well as the history and development of the city of Granollers from the 9th to the 18th century.
LES ANGLES
Winter sports resort
In 1961, 250 inhabitants lived in the village, whose main activities were agriculture and pastoralism. The municipal council, under the mandate of Paul Samson, decided to develop skiing on land stretching from Pla Del Mir to Péborny.
Today, the village of Les Angles has a 55-km ski area open in winter, two ski schools and 40 km of Nordic trails for snowshoeing and hiking. The resort also offers a new activity: a toboggan run on rails, with speeds of over 40 kph. The resort has adapted its infrastructure to welcome mountain bikers in summer, in particular with its bike park featuring trails designed for downhill mountain biking.
Saint-Michel des Angles Church
Construction: 19th century.
Style: Neo-Romanesque.
Characteristics: it was built in the 19th century in a Neo-Romanesque style. It houses a 17th-century altarpiece depicting the Nativity. The altarpiece depicting the Epiphany and the Adoration of the Magi, located on the right as you enter, dates from the 18th century. It comes from the former Saint-Sauveur Church.
Listed as: the 18th-century altarpiece has been listed as a historic monument since 2000.
Church of Sainte-Marie de Vallsera
Construction: 11th century.
Style: Romanesque.
History and characteristics: the old village of Vallsera has now disappeared. According to tradition, the church and the hamlet of Balcère were decimated by the Black Death in the 14th century. Two surviving sisters were taken in at Les Angles, and since then this territory, which belonged to the parish of Formiguères, is said to have passed to Les Angles. In reality, it was in 1701 that the Abbey of Saint-Michel de Cuxa ceded the devèse (communal pastureland) of Vallsera to Les Angles.
Listed as: the altarpiece, transferred to the new Saint-Michel church, has been listed as a historic monument since 2000.
Refuge des Bouillouses
Construction: 1903
History: built to house workers involved in the construction of the Bouillouses dam between 1903 and 1910, the building began to be used for tourism in 1920. It was managed for a time by the French Alpine Club from 1991 onwards. Now owned by the Catalan Pyrenees Community of Municipalities, the refuge was renovated and equipped between 2018 and 2022 at a cost of €1.5 million and reopened in December 2022.
Characteristics: the refuge is open for nine months of the year, from December to April and from May to October, offering 46 beds in rooms or dormitories and 12 in winter, when it is “semi-staffed” in the section reserved for ski tourers. The refuge is a base for hiking and mountain biking excursions, particularly to the Carlit (2,921 m) and Peric (2,810 m) peaks to the east and north, and the nearby mountain peaks and lakes, such as the Carlit lakes.
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