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| La Pobla de Lillet | ||
| region | Catalonia | |
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| Residents | 1.093 (2020) | |
| height | 843 m | |
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La Pobla de Lillet is a village in the comarca Berguedà, it is on the upper reaches of the river Llobregat in the spanish province Barcelona.
background
getting there
In the street
Of Barcelona on the C-16 above Manresa to Guardiola de Berguedà, continue on the B-402 to Pobla de Lillet.
Tourist Attractions
Buildings
- 1 Pont Vell, the old bridge dates from the 14th century
- 2 Castell de la Pobla Illet, the castle originally dates from the 13th century. After it burned down, today's walls were built in the 18th century.
- 3 Parroquia de Santa Maria, formerly a monastery
- 4 Santuari de Falgas, Pilgrimage church in Romanesque style above the village
Tren del Ciment
A narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm was used to transport the cement. It operated on the route between Guardiola de Berguedà and Castellar de n'Hug. In the course of time, however, the transport of materials became unprofitable, so the railway was closed in 1963. The line is now operated as a museum railway over a distance of 3.5 km. A journey takes 20 minutes, stops are:
- 1 La Pobla de Lillet on the outskirts
- 2 La Pobla Center
- 3 Jardins Artigas Park outside of the resort
- 4 Museu del Ciment
Jardins Artigas
The architect Antoni Gaudí had designed the plan for the Villa Catllaràs for Eusebio Güell. During a visit to the construction site, his friend Artigas asked him for sketches to redesign his garden. Gaudí's design was based on that Parc Güell in Barcelona, and he also sent bricklayers to help design it there. Details of the design are a waterfall, a cave, a picnic area and a gloriette (viewpoint). Gaudí also had a number of Christian symbols incorporated into the buildings. Over time, the garden was abandoned and was not restored until 1992 after Gaudi's authorship became known.
Museu del Ciment
The cement museum is located in a former cement works that was built between 1901 and 1904 in Clot del Moro Castellar de n'Hug was built in the style of modernism. One of the founders was also Eusebi Güellwho worked in Barcelona as a patron of the Catalan Art Nouveau was known. It was in operation until 1975, has been a museum since 1992 and has been a National Heritage Site since 2005. The buildings are located on the upper reaches of the Llobregat River, whose hydropower could be used, the necessary limestone could be quarried on the spot, and coal came from the mines in the area. The factory was equipped with a rotary kiln and was considered extremely modern for its time.
- Museu del Ciment Asland, Paratge del Clot del Moro, s / n 08696 Castellar de n'Hug (Station on the "Tren del Ciment" railway line).
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
At the La Pobla de Lillet terminus of the narrow-gauge railway there is a remarkable narrow-gauge railway museum, in which an exhibition about the small railways, tourist railways and industrial railways in the valley of the Llobregat is shown (Spanish: Ferrocarrils secundaris, turístics i industrials a la Vall del Llobregat).Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in La Pobla de Lillet
Benet 2 gasoline locomotive with 600 mm gauge from Orenstein & Koppel (Germany), 1934
Steam locomotive from Krauss Lokomotivfabrik (Germany), 1896
Steam locomotive with 1000 mm gauge from H.K. Porter (USA), 1912
Electric locomotive with 500 mm gauge of the AEG, Berlin, 1929
Steam locomotive with 600 mm gauge from the Ateliers de Construction de la Meuse in Liège (Belgium). 1901
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Web links
http://www.poblalillet.cat - Official website of La Pobla de Lillet
