THE IMPRINT OF THE
MODERN STYLE
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Itinerary 1. Cervera- Sant guim de Freixenet- Montornés de Segarra. In
this route you can find the works that the famous architect and
historian César Martinell, pupil of Gaudí, left in La Segarra,
together with the modernistic details of Cervera dating the beginnig of
the 20th. We can finish the visit in an unusual cemetery with
a curious history,
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Itinerary 2. Guissona- Ponts- Torà- Olius (Solsonès). The
capital of Guissona was the echo of the blooming of the century change
too, as Ponts, which gave a young talent, Antoni Samarra, painter and
sculptor, who introduced himself in the modernistic atmospheres of
Barcelona and Lleida and left some works in his natal village. Passing
by Torà or La Seu road we can dare going to Olius, near Solsona, and
visit its modern cemetery with a clear Gaudí influence. |
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Itinerary 3. Tàrrega- Guimerà- Vall del Corb. Tàrrega
offers some good modern exemples, preceding no doubt what it had to be
the dinamic capital of Urgell. Souther in the Corb valley, the presence
of Josep Maria Jujol in Guimerà church is the most outstanding element
and an unusual exemple of the insertion of the Modern Style in medieval
settings. From here we have the route of “catedrals del vi”
(wine cathedrals) very near. The wonderfull cellars of La Conca de Barberà
being the nearest the ones in Solivella and Rocafort de Queralt. |
