Font del Lleo

Take the opportunity to fill your canteen and visit the old monastery

The Font del Lleó that was fixed a few years ago, as well as its pond located opposite.It is located on the site of the old Mas Murtra, in the Poià valley, where, according to Josep Maria Cuyàs, there had been the chapel dedicated to Sant Martí since the 12th century, the monastery of Sant Jeroni was founded in 1416 by the Jerome monks with the help of the merchant Bertran Nicolau, who bought the farm and, in addition, obtained from Benedict XIII the license to move the community from its place of origin, Mont Olivet, to Sant Pere de Ribes (Carafe); the reasons for the move were, possibly, the poor conditions of the place: infertile soil and lack of water.In 1821 the monastery was used as a hospital during the yellow fever epidemic, the contagion of which ended in July of the following year;

This water point is located in front of the entrance to the monastery.