Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Montblanc, Spain

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 53 m
Descend 47 m

Explore Montblanc in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Montblanc

Sight 1: Portal de Bové

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Portal de Bové Till F. Teenck / CC BY-SA 2.5

The walled enclosure of Montblanc is formed by the set of towers, gates and walls that surround the historic center of the town of Montblanc, in the Catalan region of Conca de Barberà. It has been declared a cultural asset of national interest: the fortified enclosure in the category of historical monument and the intramural complex as a historical complex.

Wikipedia: Recinte emmurallat de Montblanc (CA)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Sant Miquel

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Sant Miquel de Montblanc is a church in the town of Montblanc. It served as a parish before and during the construction of the Archpriest of St. Mary. Catalan Cortes were held here in 1307, 1333 and 1370 and it is a building protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Església de Sant Miquel de Montblanc (CA)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Museu-Arxiu de Montblanc

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Museu-Arxiu de Montblanc

The Casal dels Josa or Cal Portuguès is a Gothic building in Montblanc dating from the thirteenth century and today houses the headquarters of the entity Museum-Archive of Montblanc and region, founded in 1958. The Casal is located on Carrer Josa, 6, within the walled enclosure of Montblanc and sheltered by the church of Santa Maria.

Wikipedia: Casal dels Josa (CA)

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Santa Maria

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Santa Maria Josep Renalias / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santa Maria de Montblanc or Santa Maria la Major is a fourteenth-century Gothic church in the municipality of Montblanc, with the main portal considered from the Renaissance. It is located on a promontory overlooking the old town of Montblanc. It is also known as The Mountain Cathedral. It has been declared a cultural asset of national interest.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria de Montblanc (CA)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Església de Santa Tecla

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Església de Santa Tecla

The church of Santa Tecla is a church in the municipality of Montblanc included in the Inventory of Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. Located on Calle de Baix, it is a small church and very simple structure: a stone doorway with the shield and tau and a circular window. There is a semicircular door, a work possibly from the 17th century.

Wikipedia: Església de Santa Tecla (Montblanc) (CA)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Església de l'Hospital de Santa Magdalena

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Església de l'Hospital de Santa Magdalena

The Church of the Hospital de Santa Magdalena de Montblanc is a religious building of Gothic art totally linked to the adjoining old Hospital of Santa Magdalena by history and construction. In fact, internally both buildings are separated only by a small courtyard.

Wikipedia: Església de l'Hospital de Santa Magdalena (CA)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Pla de Santa Bàrbara

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Pla de Santa Bàrbara Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Pla de Santa Bàrbara is a hill in the heart of the town of Montblanc, in fact a small plateau that rises twenty meters from the surrounding land. This enclave was occupied by an Iberian settlement of the Cossetan tribe. The various archaeological excavations carried out in the twentieth century of the Iberian village documented a radius-shaped structure, with small rectangular houses attached to it and silos that served to store grain. The houses had a stone base and elevation of adobe and plant elements. The dwellings were small, rectangular and with a fireplace. Along the wall, a brick bench served as a seat.

Wikipedia: Pla de Santa Bàrbara (CA)

375 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Convent de la Serra

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Convent de la Serratina vallès from barcelona / CC BY 2.0

The Mare de Déu de la Serra is a sanctuary and former convent of the Poor Clare sisters in the municipality of Montblanc. In the fifteenth century, it was the second sanctuary with the most pilgrims in Catalonia, after Montserrat. The convent of Poor Clare was the sixth oldest in Catalonia. The Virgin of the Sierra is venerated there. It is a building protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Santuari de la Serra (CA)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Sant Marçal

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Sant Marçal

Church-hospital Sant Marçal is a work of the municipality of Montblanc protected as a cultural asset of local interest.

Wikipedia: Església-hospital Sant Marçal (CA)

520 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Sant Francesc de Montblanc

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The convent of Sant Francesc de Montblanc, could have been founded at the end of the third decade of the thirteenth century, perhaps where it is now or nearby and in a simple interim building. In any case, we cannot speak of extramurs simply because, at that time, the walls were not yet there. Of the old convent only the church remains.

Wikipedia: Convent de Sant Francesc de Montblanc (CA)

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