THE SPLENDOUR OF THE MODERN AGE: RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE

 

Detalle de la fachada de la Universidad de Cervera

Itinerary 1. Cervera - Granyena - Les Oluges.

This first itinerary moves us to Cervera in the 18th century, the city chosen to build the only University in Catalonia, a  great building which still stands out, stately, in a monumental city, full of majestic houses and religious buildings which remind us the splendour, like the old school of Companyia de Jesus, La Paeria or the alabaster works of Jaume Padró in the parrochial and the University. Out of Cervera, some villages seem to reflect the echo of the capital of the region for the monumental parrochial churches.

 

 

Altar mayor de San Ramón

Itinerary 2. Sant Ramon - Ivorra - Guissona.

The itinerary begins in Sant Ramon, one of the most important centre of devotion and one of the most spectacular buildings of the baroque period in La Segarra, mainly the monumental main front. From Sant Ramon we arrive to Ivorra with two notable buildings: the parrochial of Sant Cugat and Santa Maria Sanctuary where the miracle of Sant Dubte took place. Finally Guissona and the magnificence of its parochial church, as the beauty of the main square makes of  this second itinerary a jewel of the baroque art in the region.

 

San Martí de Maldà

Itinerary 3 . Tàrrega- Verdú- Passanant- Sant Martí de Maldà- Maldà.

The capital of Urgell, with the set of the parochial and the town council, can be the departure point of another itinerary which will first us lead to Verdú, where we will be able to admire the Immaculada altarpiece, one of the best sculpture exemples of the 17th century in Catalonia. Also exceptional and monumental the parochial CAMBRIL of Passanant with a big quality in its stuccos. Followed by the bell tower and the main front of Sant Martí de Maldà and the parochial church of Maldà.

 

 

Parroquial de Anglesola

Itinerary 4. Vilagrassa- Anglesola- Bellpuig- Belianes.

This is an itinerary where the Renaissance art prevails par excellence: from the Renaissance manor houses we can find in Vilagrasa to the painted altarpiece of Santa Anna in the parochial og Anglesola, arriving to Bellpuig, where the convent of Sant Bartomeu and the mausoleum of its founder, in the inside of the parochial, constitute real Renaissane treasures.

 

 

Castillo de Preixens

Itinerary 5. Ribera del Sió- Agramunt- Preixens castle and Montclar castle.

After visiting the baroque churches of Ribera del Sió, in Agramunt we can go to the wonderful city council dating the 18th, the mercadal square and the valuble baroque altarpieces inside the parochial. The visit can be finished in the Preixens and Montclar castles, both dating the 16th and 17th centuries.