Sant Just Desvern

Sant Just Desvern cannot be understood without Collserola. Half of its municipal area is part of the natural park. The proximity of the town center to Collserola allows us to offer the 18,000 people who live there a privileged environment of flora, fauna, nature routes and a rich historical heritage such as the remains of the Iberian town of Peña del Moro, the flour mill, different farmhouses. and various natural sources, among others.

On the other hand, the citizens of Sant Just Desvern can enjoy more than thirty parks spread throughout the urban fabric, with garden spaces. The municipality has 19 square meters of urban green areas per inhabitant, far exceeding the recommendation of the World Health Organization.

The variety of tree species is another characteristic aspect of the urban flora of the municipality. The streets and parks of Sant Just have 8,000 trees of 46 species native to the area, the most common of which are the hackberry, the melia and the plane tree.

PLACES OF INTEREST

• Walden 7: built in 1975 by the Ricardo Bofill Architecture Workshop, it has become an icon of modern architecture. It combines housing modules of 30, 60, 90 and 120 m2.
• Can Ginestar: modernist farmhouse from 1904.
• Chimney: it is a vestige from the year 1924 of the LACSA cement company, known as Sanson. It is 105 meters high, and inside there is a restaurant - a municipal concession - and an elevator that goes up to a viewpoint.
• Architecture workshop: the architect Ricardo Bofill built the headquarters of the Architecture Workshop in 1973 in the silos of the old Sanson cement factory, where the railcar line station was.
• Urban art graffiti: see a sample of urban graffiti in the Casal de Joves, on the fence of the site between Rambla and c. Mayor, and on the walls of the Sant Just stream, a true Sistine chapel of graphite.
• Hariner Mill: hydraulic mill built in 1306 that operated until the mid-17th century. It preserves the gully, the millstone room, the winepress and the pond. It was restored in 2002.
• Peña del Moro: at the top of Peña del Moro, you can see the remains of houses from the Iberian period and the base of a high medieval tower from the year 1000, modified in the 14th century.
• Torreblanca Park: enter the romantic 19th-century garden next to the lake of the Marquis of Monistrol estate with a classically inspired pavilion and a rose garden at noon.
• Routes through Collserola: in Sant Just Desvern you will find magnificent access to walk, ride a bicycle or horseback along the trails, paths and tracks of the 8,000 hectares of the Collserola natural park.
• Can Merlès Fountain: in 2010 the pond, the well, the windmill tower and the mine that feeds the fountain, also known as Font de la Xima, were recovered. Unique holm oaks and oaks are preserved nearby.