6 Sights in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
1. Museu de Sant Cugat
The Sant Cugat Museum was opened on 23 April 2003; its mission was to oversee the conservation and dissemination of the historic, artistic and cultural heritage of Sant Cugat del Vallès in Catalonia. It is part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network and has two centres: the Sant Cugat Monastery and Casa Aymat plus two other buildings, the Celler Modernista and the Chapel of Sant Domenec. In both areas there are spaces reserved for temporary exhibitions related to art, history and local and universal heritage. In addition, the Museum works to recover the heritage and memory of the town, periodically organising walks that help people discover local history and heritage.
2. Pont de Can Vernet
The Can Vernet bridge is a part of a three-kilometer Gothic aqueduct in Sant Cugat del Vallès, most likely built in the fourteenth century with stone from Campanyà, to carry water from the "Monks' mine" in Can Vullpalleres, to the monastery of Sant Cugat and the lower part of the town. The bridge was declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest in 1979.
3. Monestir de Sant Cugat
The Monastery of Sant Cugat is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the ninth century, and under construction until the 14th century, it was the most important monastery in the county of Barcelona. Its most notable architectural feature is its large Romanesque cloister.
4. Can Vasconcel
Casa Lluch is a modernist tower located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, designed in 1906 by the architect Eduard Maria Balcells i Buïgas of Barcelona. It is a work of the municipality of Sant Cugat del Vallès included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia.
5. Turó de Can Mates
The Parc turó de Can Mates in Sant Cugat del Vallès, inaugurated in 2007, has an area of about 20 hectares and gives continuity to the 7 hectares of the Central Park. It has surfaces and paths for outdoor sports such as football or basketball and several playground areas.
6. Can Castanyer
Can Castanyer is a building in the municipality of Sant Cugat del Vallès that is part of the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It was part of the parish of Santa Maria de Campanyà. Its origins are medieval.
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