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Less than 100 km from Barcelona and passing to nowhere, Lluçanès has historically suffered a geographical isolation that has preserved it as a privileged rural environment where you can enjoy nature in harmony with being human.
Now we intent to share with you in an environmentally responsible way, respecting the natural environment and in sync with the rhythm of its environment, the treasures that Lluçanès hides.
Although El Lluçanès is considered a sub-region of Osona, most geographers have always viewed it as a natural territory of its own, a transitional land between the Plana de Vic and El Berguedà, next to the Pre-Pyrenean mountains. Its people have always considered it as a region with its own character and its own homogenous geographic and economic features, all bound together by a common history.
Lluçanès is a region between the Llobregat and Ter river basins, that forms a plateau sloping gently towards El Bages. The term plateau suggests a flat area, but in the case of El Lluçanès, the rivers and riverbeds that cross the region have eroded the land and created the sensation of broken, tortuous terrain. The plateau was formed as a result of the tectonic forces the raised the Pyrenees and created an inland enclosure, acting as a deposit for sediment from the mountains. This is why the rocks that form the Lluçanès plateau are sedimentary in origin, i.e. made up of smaller pre-existing rocks.
El Lluçanès is mainly part of the Depressió Central Catalana, except to the north, where it forms part of the Pre-Pyrenees. This is where some of the most emblematic mountains of the region are to be found, such as Els Munts (1,058 m). This point offers wonderful views of El Lluçanès and the neighbouring regions of Osona and Ripollès. The idyllic location of El Lluçanès means that there are magnificent panoramic views of the whole of the region, as far as Berga, the Pyrenees, Montserrat, Montseny, El Cabreres and Les Guilleries.
The plateau adjoins La Plana de Vic with steep cliffs; this is where the Serra del Grau mountain range is found, one of the most significant geographical features in the area. Near to this range is Sant Bartomeu del Grau, which is notable for its calcareous and white coralline rock (the latter highly valued for building).
In the region of El Lluçanès, geologists have drawn attention to the anticline that separates the Pre-Pyrenean Depressió Central, close to Santa Eulàlia de Puigorial, from the Costa dels Gats, whose highest point is the Santuari dels Munts. The anticline continues up towards the Serra de Bellmunt.
El Lluçanès is rich with legends. One only has to read the names of the region to see this: El Gorg Negre (the Black Gorge), El Pla de Bruixes (the Plain of Witches), El Torrent de l’Infern (Hell’s Stream), La Foranca de Guspineda,El Serrat de les Bruixes (the Witches Hills), El Serrat de les Forques (the Pitchfork Hills, a place where it is said witches were hanged), La Balma del Lladre (Thief’s Grotto) or La Balma de la Beneita (the Holy Cave).
