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What to see and do in Vilada

What to see and do in Vilada (Berguedà, Barcelona): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments

How far each place is from the centre of Vilada

Castle of Roset 1.8 km

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What to see and do in Vilada

Vilada
Village
Vilada is a municipality in the Berguedà comarca, in the province of Barcelona, situated about 12 km from the comarcal capital, Berga, and at 757 metres above sea level. It has 432 inhabitants (2025). It is documented since the 9th century as Vilalata, vila ampla, and appears to have arisen around the now-vanished church of Santa Maria de Roset and its castle, of which only ruins remain today. It traditionally lived from dry-land farming and livestock, and during the 20th century the textile industry was the economic engine of the village, which today seeks in tourism a new source of income. It also preserves several churches of Romanesque origin: the parish church of Sant Joan Baptista, that of Santa Magdalena de Guardiolans and that of Sant Miquel de les Canals.
Castle of Roset
Monument
The border castle of Roset stands on a rocky hill of the sierra de Picamill, overlooking the valley of Vilada; today notable ruins remain of a rock castle, with buildings about 20 metres long by 7 wide, of irregular plan due to its successive extensions, and a defensive platform on the north face. The parish of Roset is already mentioned in the act of consecration of the cathedral of Urgell of the year 839, but the castle is not documented until 1026, in a document of its lord, Sunifred. In 1309 the countess of Pallars, Sibila, lady of Berga, gave up a good part of her castles in the Berguedà but kept this one; it later passed to Bernat Guillem de la Portella, who bequeathed it to the king in 1321, and by the end of the 14th century it had passed to the Pinós family.