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Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres

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Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres

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Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres

Name: Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres
Rating: 2

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Location: Montagut I Oix, Garrotxa, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Llierca Bridge – Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres loop from Montagut

15.9km

04:55

570m

560m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Oix Medieval Bridge – Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres loop from Sadernes

8.96km

02:52

360m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres – Llierca Bridge loop from Sadernes

15.6km

04:54

580m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Soliv_

November 11, 2020

Very well restored Romanesque hermitage located on top of a peak located between the Oix valley and the Sadernes area. In fact, there is a GR that comes from Sadernes and goes to Oix. It has a great view of the Alta Garrotxa. You can go up by car (preferably all-terrain) or by mountain bike from the Oix road, and on foot from Sadernes or Oix.
Like other hermitages in La Garrotxa, the annex has a house inhabited all year round, so it is necessary to respect the tranquility of the neighbors and watch if you go with dogs.

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Francesc Garcia - MONTFRANC

April 26, 2022

It is a building dating from the twelfth or early thirteenth century, although it probably existed before an earlier church. The word Prunarias appears in a document from the year 966 as belonging to Sant Pere de Camprodon. The building is mentioned again in 1017. It seems that from shortly after 966 it belonged to the priory of Santa Maria del Coll de Panissars, a situation that must have been maintained until the beginning of the 17th century. In 1617 the church was joined to that of Sant Llorenç d'Oix. In 1661 there were 3 altars: the one of Santa Bàrbara, the one of Santa Caterina and the one of Sant Bartomeu. The church was damaged during the Civil War of 1936-39. The whole complex was completely restored between 1972-1979 by the Friends of Alta Garrotxa.

Inside, different artistic pieces were kept, such as a tombstone representing the burial of a lady from the castle of Bestracà, which was damaged during the riots of 1936. Some of the fragments were deposited in the Museum of Olot by Dr. Joaquim Danès. Until the end of the 19th century, a Romanesque carving was venerated there, today deposited in the Museu d'Art de Catalunya, from the Plandiura collection. The fragments of an altarpiece representing the life of the saint are kept in the Parish Museum of Olot.

From 1972 to 1981, restoration work was carried out, which meant that the building built on the nave during the 17th and 18th centuries was abandoned, as well as the one that turned the old belfry into a tower, rebuilt after a lightning strike. destroyed it in September 1978.

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Location: Montagut I Oix, Garrotxa, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres

1. Llierca Bridge – Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres loop from Montagut

2. Oix Medieval Bridge – Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres loop from Sadernes

3. Santa Bàrbara de Pruneres – Llierca Bridge loop from Sadernes

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