Torrelles de Llobregat

In the Baix Llobregat, just 20 km from Barcelona and in the middle of a valley found Torrelles de Llobregat. The name makes us think it was a place where there were many towers or turrets. It occupies an area of ??about 1,350 ha, approximately. Of these, 300 are agricultural (with abundant cherry) and 600 mountains.

In this population is held every year the Cherry Festival and much of the cultivated land in the town are dedicated to this fruit and with which you will want to pay tribute to their growers. Also, have a typical pasta made from honey and shaped tower.

The first news we have in this town date back to 964 on a land grant contract, initially, were part of a block within the castle de Cervello.

Found the archaeological remains of a defense tower, the Tower of the Lord, to the left of the stream of Torrelles, dated XIV century. Among the remains, as a curiosity, also found several coins.

This land, morphologically, is very permeable. This led to the construction of wells to collect water that seeped through the land. This fact justifies us today, they are 44 fonts (Font Bosquina, Font-clota mine ...) within its boundaries.

Torrelles church is dedicated to Sant Martí. It was built between 1895 and 1900 and is of neogothic style. Currently, the municipal library Pompeu Fabra is housed in a residential building known as Can Camp. This building dates to 1888 and features a neo-medieval style.

The lineage of Torrelles always gone hand tied crown Catalana. Torrelles Antoni himself was a councilor of King Martin I l'Humà. Perhaps this was one reason to install the theme park miniature Catalunya, which is a reproduction of the most important heritage of Catalonia on a small scale.