Fonda Siquès

FONDA SIQUÉS

SACRED HEART CHAPEL

Itinerary : Besalú, Font de l'Ametller, Sagrat Cor
0 min. Start out from the Plaça de la Vila in Besalú towards the Pont Vell, car park, follow the forrest lane of the Forestal Catalana.

10 min. Lanes fork " GR-1 and GR-2". Keep to the right, leaving Mas Candell to your left. Continue straight ahead. Mas Pitre, continue between the house and the shed.

25 min. Font de l'Ametller. Follow the dry river bed on your right towards Sagrat Cor. You pass beneath cal Ametller and take the path to your right, along a dry river bed through the forrest.

1,02 h. Collet de la Serra. Two paths cross each other. The dry river bed follows along the edge.

1,10 h. Sacred Heart Chapel ( Coronador Peak, alt. 451 m.)

The name of the peak stems from the fact that everyone blew their horn as a warning sign or either to rally everyone around. Since 1901, a small chapel has been there which was promoted by Júlia de Ferrer, a Besalu lady who was renowned for her charitable actions. It is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and is built along neogothical lines that were in use for religious buildings at the outset of the XXth century. The architect was the husband of the lady founder, Xavier de Ferrer i de Ferrer, and everyone wanted, when building it, to consecrate the XXth century that was just starting. Since it was founded there have been gatherings, with the offering of bread.