Located at an altitude of 1,600 meters, Peguera is an abandoned village belonging to the municipality of Fígols. Its peak mining activity was experienced in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, thanks to the high level of mining activity. The abandonment of the coal mines further depopulated Peguera, leaving it in its current state, where most of the houses are in ruins.

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Francesc Garcia - MONTFRANC

September 25, 2022

Located at an altitude of 1600 meters, Peguera is an abandoned village that belongs to the municipality of Fígols.

The years of maximum activity were experienced at the end of the 19th century and until the middle of the 20th thanks to the strong mining activity. The abandonment of the coal mines, however, accentuated the depopulation of Peguera until leaving it in its current state where most of the houses are in a dilapidated state. In 1968, the last inhabited house, Cal Penjorell, was closed. In 1908, one of the best-known Catalan maquis was born in Cal Peron, Ramon Vila Capdevila "Caracremada". Above the houses is the Roc de Peguera where there was the Castle of Peguera which from 1390 was the center of the Barony of Peguera. The Church of Sant Miquel, of Romanesque origin, is another landmark along with the Ensija mountain range, to the north, and the Rasos de Peguera, to the south, the first place where skiing was practiced in Catalonia towards the beginning of the 19th century.

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Glòria

September 17, 2021

Abandoned village of Peguera.

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