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What to see and do in Olost

What to see and do in Olost (Lluçanès, Barcelona): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 3 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Olost: festival calendar

August: Olost Main Festival (August 13-16)
November: Fair of en Rocaguinarda (November 1)

Towns near Olost

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What to see and do in Olost

Olost
Village
Olost is the central town of the Lluçanès comarca, in the province of Barcelona, whose parish of Santa Maria has been documented since the year 908. It has 1,209 inhabitants and also includes the settlement of Santa Creu de Jutglar. It preserves the church of Santa Maria, Baroque in style with two bell towers, known as the cathedral of the Lluçanès, and the castle of Olost, Gothic in style, which holds an important collection of paintings, including those by Josep Maria Sert. It is known for the Fira d'en Rocaguinarda, dedicated to the comarca's most famous bandit, and for its Festa Major.
Olost Main Festival
Activity
The Festa Major d'Olost is celebrated around August 15, the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin; the central day includes a solemn mass and the dance of the gegants of Olost accompanied by the town's xistulaires.
Fair of en Rocaguinarda
Activity
The Fira d'en Rocaguinarda of Olost is held on the first Sunday in November that does not coincide with All Saints, and recalls the bandit Perot Rocaguinarda, active in the 17th century. The village has a centre devoted to studying the banditry of the period through the analysis of his figure and the natural sites linked to him.
Festivities of invierno d'Olost
Activity
Winter festival of Olost.
Artisan cheese dairy of Olost
Curiosity
The traditional artisan cheesemaking of Olost, in the comarca of Lluçanès.
Town Hall of Olost
Monument
Until 1728, the council and jurats of Olost met at Casa Gran, one of the oldest masos in the Lluçanès, before the town, which went on to become the head of the comarca, had its own town hall.
Carlist occupation of Olost
Historical milestone
In 1835 the Carlist bands attacked and occupied Olost and burned the parish church, cutting short the cycle of textile prosperity that the villa had enjoyed since the middle of the eighteenth century. The population went from 1,211 inhabitants in 1857 to 917 in 1900.
Wheat stew of the Lluçanès
Food and drink
Stew of wheat cooked with vegetables and pork, typical of the subsistence cooking of the farmsteads of the Lluçanès. It is being recovered at gastronomic events and shows and forms part of the repertoire linked to the cereals of the plateau.