SANT CUGAT DEL VALLS

I N A GUI DED TOUR

Elsa Girol and lia Padrs

MAIN CONTENTS
Location of Sant Cugat del Valls Sant Cugats abbey

Pi den Xandri
Main entities (castellers, bastoners, geganters i diables)

Localition of sant cugat del valles

Population: About 81.000 people Density: 1691 hab/km2

Surface; About 50km2

Region: Valles occidental

SANT CUGATS ABBEY Sant cugats abbey

Constructed about 9 th and 14 th century

The most important abbey in all barcelonas country The abbey was also was constructed with a factury, abbatial place, and a wall that recovers all the bulding

The faculty
The faculty is a romanesque art building Constructed in12 th century. 4 galleries and 144 capitals

Palace abbial

Constructed in 13th but it starts to work in 18 th century

Known as the home of the abbat Nowadays is used for a municipal services

The wall

Now we can see the ruins of the wall contstructed in 14th century The best preserved wall is the part of the abbial palace

PI DEN XANDRI KPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Its an emblematic pine of Sant Cugat
Its allocated in the natural park of Collserola. Collserola is in the Tibabo mountain wich separes Barcelona from Sant Cugat.

PI DEN XANDRI HISTORY OOOO

It was born in 1774, so its 237 years old. It is 23 meters tall.

Its name came of the old owner of the land.

In 1997 someone tried to cut and burn it, but he failed.
Then there has been a big task of maintenance to keep it healthy.

ENTITIES
Castellers (Gausacs):
They make human towers, their best actuation ever was the 3rd of July when they made and a castle named 4 of 8

Geganters:
In St.Cugat we have two gigants, Joan and Marieta.

Diables:
In the correfocs they dance with people under the hell fire

Bastoners
Its a typical dance with sticks