Vilanova de Prades

The municipality of Vilanova de Prades is located in the extreme southwest of the Conca de Barberà, on the border with Les Garrigues, Priorat and Baix Camp, and under the cliffs of the Sierra de la Llena, where they find the highest geographical points (between 800 and 1,000 meters of altitude): the tip of Curull (1,023 meters) and the Abellà (1,002 meters of altitude).

Throughout the centuries, Vilanova de Prades has grown with constructions of several characteristics on a complex orography that confers a special singularity to it.

The environment of Vilanova de Prades is a privileged place for hiking and mountain biking.

Its economy is basically agricultural and livestock. It is one of the famous summer towns of the region that is favored by its mild climate. It is mainly known as a chestnut-producing town although the hazel is the most widespread crop.

Places of interest

Church of San Salvador. It is a Baroque style church built at the end of the 18th century.

Saint Anthony of padua. Near the village and next to the cemetery is the hermitage of San Antonio de Padua, built in the nineteenth century and paid, according to tradition, by three women who were freed from the plague.