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Santa Fe del Montseny Valley

Fogars de Montclús, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

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Santa Fe del Montseny Valley

Nature · Fogars de Montclús, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

The hermitage of Santa Fe is the historic centre of the valley to which it gives its name, documented since 1231. Around 1270 a group of hermits known as the orde d'ermitans de Santa Fe lived there, which did not survive for long; from the fourteenth century the chapel was left in the care of a single hermit, dependent on the rector of Fogars de Montclús. The original chapel was enlarged in 1577 and renovated at the start of the eighteenth century, in 1701. It is a religious building with a single nave, with a single-arched bell-gable, slightly off-centre relative to the door, beneath which remains of a sundial are preserved, an element common in the churches of the Montseny.

Photo: Josep Salvany i Blanch (Public domain)

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