Pujalt

Pujalt is a small municipality in the Anoia region, it is located in the center of Catalonia, on the border of the province of Barcelona and touching the La Segarra region. Its location in the Central Catalan Depression gives it wide panoramic views of the Pyrenees, the Montserrat ridges, the Pinós and Boixadors mountain ranges and the Plans d'Urgell. The municipality is made up of five nuclei: l'Astor, Conill, La Guàrdia Pilosa, Vilamajor and Pujalt. It has an area of 31.72 km2 with a total of two hundred inhabitants, but despite being a small municipality, it stands out in the area due to the many activities that take place. Each of these nuclei has its own identity and the council has been able to take advantage of it and has supported all kinds of activities that join this effort.

The towns of Pujalt, Conill, la Guàrdia and l'Astor, which with their stone houses, narrow alleys and covered walkways preserve that flavor of antiquity.

The parish church of Sant Andreu, nucleus of Pujalt, located at the exit of the nucleus. Documented at the end of the 11th century, it is a highly modified late Romanesque style building. The bell tower was built in 1871.

The castle of Pujalt, La Mota, the nucleus of Pujalt, of which only fragments of walls remain, crowned the 773m-high mountain.

The Gothic chapel of the Purísima Concepció, the nucleus of Pujalt, built from 1399, is located at the entrance of the town to touch the wall. It consists of a nave with an almond-shaped vault and a triangle-shaped belfry bell tower.

The church of St. Vicenç, the nucleus of Conill, built at the beginning of the 17th century, is an elongated building with a small bell tower at one end.

The church of Sta. Magdalena de l'Astor, of Romanesque origin (documented from 1157), was renovated in 1520. The lintelled portal, the archivolt and a small belfry bell tower are the most significant features that remain. It has recently been restored.

The church of St. Joan de Vilamajor, a Romanesque building, documented in the year 1157, made up of a single nave extended with a semicircular apse. Restored in 2000.

In Vilamajor we will also find a medieval necropolis.

In the municipality of Pujalt you can do a wide variety of activities and visit places with very special charms. Which will allow you to make excursions that will please young and old. It also has accommodation in rural houses.

Places of interest

Visit to the Interpretation Center of the Popular Army Military Camp

The Popular Army Memorial is an interpretation center that displays the Training Base of the XVIII Corps of the Popular Army of the Republic in Pujalt. The routes that it proposes through the forest environment allow you to get an idea of the harsh experiences during the Spanish Civil War.

The Training Base of the XVIII Corps of the Popular Army of the Republic that existed in Pujalt during the Spanish Civil War has been recovered and turned into a museum in an interpretation center that allows you to discover what life was like in that hard time in the history of the country. It has a permanent exhibition with panels that explain what that camp meant, through sections such as chronology, why, life in the camp, Commander Joan Oliver Porter i Castelao.

In addition, there are two complementary routes that run through the main historical spaces of the Popular Army Memorial starting from the Interpretation Center. The church of Sant Andreu, the streets of Pujalt, the shelters and other buildings are the crossing points of the itineraries.

Visit to the Pujalt Observatory

The Pujalt Observatory has various facilities and equipment for astronomical observation. In addition, it organizes activities and observation sessions for visitors, such as observations with telescopes, lectures on astronomy, and educational workshops related to space and the universe.