The borough of Subirats can be reached on foot from L’Ordal. Stop for lunch at Casots and you are already within the borders. If you want to draw the Gothic-Renaissance Torre-Ramona you can do so from the town. Subirats is the biggest borough in the region and one of the biggest in Catalonia, as such the distances from point a to b can be quite far. It is made up of several towns, which are widely spread out, such as L’Ordal, Torre-Ramona, Lavern and Sant Pau d'Ordal. This last town is also the capital of the borough. L’Ordal is the most mountainous of the borough lands. The rest – especially near Pla del Penedès and Sta. Fe – are quite flat. The main economic activity is agriculture, above all vineyards and cava. Subirats has the biggest vineyard surface in the district and the highest number of registered farmers. Architectural restoration is also an important economic activity. The Castle of Subirats with the Church of Sant Pere de Subirats and the Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Fontsanta nearby is the historical centre, which gave its name to the borough.
COUNCIL OF SUBIRATS
Pl. Ajuntament, s/n
Phone: 938993011
08739 Sant Pau d´Ordal
www.ajsubirats.org
Subirats has many important architectural works such as the Castle of Subirats, the Church of Sant Pere or the Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Fontsanta. If you walk towards Torre-Ramona, you arrive at a big Gothic-Renaissance house from the 16th century and the Chapel of Sant Joan Sesrovires, which dates from the 10th century.
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Castle of Subirats:
Located 304m high on a mountain in the Ordal chain. During the “Marca Hispánica” age the castle was a fortified observation point of the West lands, where the Saracen attacks came from. It was a fortified walled square until the middle of the 10th century.
The historical centre of Subirats, it is the first castle in the Penedès region to have been documented, with references dating from the year 971. Next to it is the Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Fontsanta.
Population centre of Torre-Ramona:
Torre-Ramona is a Gothic palace-house from the 16th century which has given its name to the town and which still preserves the old fortification with a crenelated wall. It is one of the few rural palaces from that age that are known in the Penedès region. It may be unique and as such is very appreciated.
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Visit the trekking routes: 