La Pobla de Lillet

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La Pobla de Lillet (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia. It is located in the upper valley of the Llobregat river and is linked to Guardiola de Berguedà by Road B-402.

The town is home to the Artigas Gardens, a park designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. Other sights include the 15th-century bridge, the Sanctuary of Falgars and remains of the late 13th-century fortress.

Transportation

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Steam locomotive with 600 mm gauge of Ateliers de Construction de la Meuse in Liège (Belgium), 1901

The Template:Interlanguage link is a 600 mm gauge tourist railway that runs from the narrow gauge railway museum at La Pobla de Lillet to the cement museum at Clot del Moro.[1]

History

  • Castell de Lillet is a ruined castle. The remains are located on a large rock, near the torrent of Junyent to the left of the Arija.Built in the 9th century and re-enforced in the 14th century the castle remained active till the 15th century.[2][3]

On September 8, 1864 La Pobla de Lillet suffered a major flood that took away a mill and two houses and in which a four-year-old boy died.[4]

Festivals

  • Easter Monday - Falgars Dance and Cinquagesma Festival
  • 1st Sunday of October- Festa Major del Roser

References

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  2. Castell de Lillet». Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
  3. Santandreu i Solé, M. Dolors. «Castell de Lillet». A: El Berguedà. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1985, p. 355-357 (Catalunya Romànica, XII). Template:ISBN.
  4. Sala i Bartés, Miquel «La riuada del 1864 a la Pobla de Lillet». L'Erol, revista comarcal del Berguedà, 8, març 1984, pàg. 42.

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