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MARE DE DÉU DEL MONT
 



 
 
 
 

Itinerary : Beuda, Roca Pastora, Sous , el Mont. Leave Besalú by car along the road to Figueres, after about four hundred meters, opposite some industrial buildings, turn left towards Beuda.

0 min. Beuda (338 m high). We leave the village parish church. It is a church with three naves: the centre nave with a semicircular profile vault and the side naves with half barrel vaults. There is a staicase on the main façade leading to the belfry. Take the path to the left of the church which, after a few metres, is asphalted. Turn left, leaving the road for a few moments.

4 min. Join the road again and go uphill. After a short while, cross the dry river bed of Font Fresca. Inside the river bed, and to your left, there is an old limekiln almost completely covered.

11 min. Flat surface of a wood. Turn left and almost immediately right.

23 min. Turn left again. To your right you will get to Ca n'Oliveres. After a few meters you will cross over the spring of Can'Oliveres.

1,06 h. Hail Mary Regina. Before, pilgrims would sing a Hail Mary.

1,09 h. Small cliff. The path used to pass beneath this cliff. When asphalting the road that went over the path a lot of rocks fell down and made the path unfit for walking. There is now a new path further to the right. We reach the asphalted road that comes from l'Hostal d'en Vilà and goes right to the top of the sanctuary.

1,31 h. Spring of Roca Pastora. Beneath the cliff that lies behind the spring and a little to the right, there is the Abbot's Corral, an ancient construction that used to serve as a corral. Carry on uphill. To your right you can see the Finestrelles mountain range.

1,40 h. Sant Llorenç de Sous. Ancient Benedictine monastery, known as Sant Llorenç del Mont in the Middle Ages which, in medieval history, played an important role in the county of Besalú. Today it is pretty much in ruins. The church, which dates from the XIth century, takes the shape of a basilica, with three naves, now without vaults. The main door opens onto the west façcade, it is very simple in shape, with a vaussoir arch. The monastic enclosure lies to the south of the church, on a lower level than the church, and is arranged around the cloister courtyard.

1,40 h. You leave the asphalted road and go up a steep dry river bed to your right.

2,00 h. Xaragasters. In this area, very steep terrain, the rainwater has cut out some very deep rills.

2,03 h. Collet de les sorreres (Heavy-going small mountain pass). Keep going uphill.

2,03 h. We once again join the asphalted road. Turn right. One hundred metres on, we once again leave the the road and turn right along a dried-up river bed.

2,15 h. We join the path that leads up from Falgars. 2,20 h. We meet-up with the path that comes from the Joncanat pass.


2,25  h. Mare de Déu del Mont(1.115 m).
 


 
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0 min.  Beuda (338 m high). You set out from the parish church in the village. It's a church with three naves: the central one is a semicircular profile arch and the side naves are half-barrel arches. There's a ladder against the façade that takes you up to the belfry. You take the path that sets out from the left of the church which, after a few meters, is asphalted. Turn right and leave the road for a few moments.
4 min. You join the road again and continue uphill. After a while, we cross the dry river bed of the Font Fresca (Fresh Spring). Inside the dry river bed to the left there is an old lime kiln, almost totally covered. la
11 min. Pla de bosc. .We continue on road GR2
27 min. Turn to the left crossing the road to cross the Clot de Pou.
42 min. You go past Can Posada and take the path that comes from Segueró.
53 min. Pathway crossing, you carry on along the GR2.
55 min. You pass behind the walls of Can Noguer and, almost immediately the GR2, will show us the the profile until you see a magnificent building that during the XVIII and XIX centuries was one the most importat buildings in Catalonia (remember: "If you want to know who are the richest in this land:/ Noguer of Segueró,/ the Sovereign of Sanata Creu / and Espona of Saderrra"). Verdaguer, while he was at Mont, paid repeated visits to this house. The spring that lies directly beneath the path once you have gone past the housed carries the name of the poet. El Noguer, with some tenant farmers and the Church are the added part of Segueró.
1,31 h. The spring of Pastora rock. Beneath the cliff that lies behind the spring and a litte to the right, there is the Abbot's Corral, an ancient construction that served as corral. You keep on going up the road. To the right you can see the mountain range of Finestrelles.
1,40 h. Sant llorenç de Sous. An ancient Benedictine monastery, known in the middle ages by the name of Sant Llorenç del Mont, which played an important role in the history of the late middle ages of the county of Besalu. Today it is very much in ruins. The church, dating from the XIth century, is a basilica-type building, with three naves, now without arches. The main door opens on to the west façade, and is simple in shape, with a vaussoir arch. The monastic cloister is to the south of the church, at a lower level than the church, and is organised around the cloister courtyard.
2,00 h.Can Campmol. Should you have the time, you can go down and visit the church of Saint Mary, with a single nave, crowned to the west by a semicircular apse. The apse is decorated in a Lombardy frieze of a series of arches. The church was recently restored. If you are short of time just go past the house and take the path you will find on the lefthand side, specifically in front of the only cypress tree there is. There is a small esplanade where, if necessary, you could park the car. You leave the GR2 and take the narrow path that suddenly crosses a white pine forest (the people there call it "pina").
2,10 h. Can Campmol forest. You will find two paths: take the one on the right.
2,30 h. Monument of Sant Macià (Pronounced Macia or Macies). We get to an esplanade which is a crossroads. The monument is on the righthand side of the path, just a few metres away. It is made from stones crowned by an old millstone. The original cross has not been there for years. There is a path that goes downhill and another headed north: you should take the latter. When you have walked not even ten or twelve metres you should turn left: once again you are on a narrow path. In the old days this path was a long way that went as far as Lliurona and Bassegoda.
2,40 h. The Planellot. This is a great pine forest where you can find milky agaric and olive hygrophorus.

2,50 h. There is a path to the right that leads to Casot in half an hour. The Casot of Falgars is the farmhouse where, at the end of 1959, the "maquis" (outlawed Spanish republican soldier) Quico Sabater and his group were in hiding, and where he had his first encounter with the Civil Guard. We should keep on going uphill.

3 h. You start coming across Spanish oak trees; the pine trees becoming less frequent on this side of the the mountain. We continue walking northwards, amidst vegetation typical of Spanish oak groves: here you can find lady's thumb, rhamnus alaternus, two kinds of juniper (do not donfuse them: they look a bit alike) , privet, heather (in this country a distinction is made between common heather and heather used for making brooms), honeysuckle, sarsaparilla, scrub, and so on.

3,15 h. Monument of Sant Miquel. There is a boundary post separating two properties dated 1859: on one side is the F for Falgars; on the other is the N for Noguer. Ten metres from the monument there stands a great pine tree and, next to it a path leading downhill towards Casot.

3,20 h. Right next to the path there is a badger warren. Before, people from this area used to eat badgers since meat was highly appreciated (meat in general, not just badger meat). All along the path it is easy to hear jays, thrushes, blackbirds, the latter especially in winter.

3,30 h. There are two paths, but both of them start right there.

3,40 h. The Claiming Spanish oak-tree. We have reached the asphalted road which goes from Cabanelles to the top of the Mare de Déu del Mont. We have to keep going uphill for another kilometre.

4 h. You should turn right (there is a sign forbidding the entrance of vehicles, except for those belonging to Beuda Forest Keepers and neighbours) and take an non-asphalted path that goes as far as Falgars. It's an impressive farmhouse, started in the XIIIth century, from which the panoramic view is excellent. Nearby, next to the path, there is the Chapel of the Annunciation and a little further on, there is a small construction that used to be the pantry of Falgars (the lintel is dated 1798).

4,10 h. Falgars Spring. It lies to your right. It is a fine spot to have a rest and have a snack.

4,11 h. The Holy Trinity Spanish oak-tree. It almost touches the roadside to your right. It gets the name because of its three branches starting to branch out three metres above ground level.

4,15 h. Lime-kiln. It's only a few metres away from the roadside.

4,25 h. Fields of Bac (also called the Fields Up Above). They were farmed until quite recently. Once the fields come to an end, carry on for another 100 metres uphill along the path that you should get off almost immediately and take a well-trodden narrow path that turns right.

4,30 h. There's a huge beech tree to the right of the path.

5,00 h. Mare de Déu del Mont (1.115 m).

 


 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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