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It is worth visiting to remember the tragedy of the Spanish civil war

Near the town of La Bisbal de Falset is the cave of Santa Llúcia. During the Civil War, the space became the hospital for the military units made up of republican volunteers who fought in the Battle of the Ebro.

Small hermitage very characteristic for being built under the rocks of the Sierra del Montsant. Adjacent to the hermitage is the former hermit's house. The space also has a large picnic area with stone tables and barbecues.

Located on the outskirts of the town of Palma d'Ebre in the direction of the reservoir, we find this impressive white pine, over 400 years old and with the largest trunk in all of Catalonia. At their feet, a millstone, they serve as tables or chairs in case we want to recover energy with a snack. If we take a hot day, the shade of this pine will be great.

The hospital cave of Santa Llúcia, near the town of La Bisbal de Falset (Priorat), is a wide and shallow cave, used by man since ancient times, which took on a very important role during the Spanish Civil War by becoming a hospital for the International Brigades that fought, in the summer of 1938, in the Battle of the Ebro. https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cova_hospital_de_Santa_Ll%C3%BAcia

It is a small gorge that forms a waterfall of about 20 meters from the Torrent de la Falconera, in a shady, closed environment, off the road and with a lot of vegetation around. You need to be careful not to miss out.

This hermitage was founded by Fra Guerau Miquel, who on July 28, 1192 obtained possession of this area, where he lived since around 1160. The hermit founded two chapels, one dedicated to St. Mary and another , St. Bartholomew; but only the second lasts. In 1210, Fra Guerau ceded this territory to Pere Balb and his wife Guillema, who founded a female community in Santa Maria which, in 1215, settled in Bonrepòs. The hermitage of Sant Bartomeu first belonged to the monastery of Santa Maria de Bonrepòs, confirmed by Jaume II in 1292, and later passed into the domain of the Carthusian Monastery of Escaladei. It was plastered inside in the 18th century until it fell into disrepair. The hermit's house was attached. Around 1970, the whole was refurbished, removing the hermit's house and restoring the hermitage, works carried out by the parish of Ulldemolins.

A magical place🤩