The Public School of Drawing of Olot Historical milestone · Olot, Garrotxa, Girona Image of Olot, not of the place itself. The town opened in 1783 a free drawing school intended for the apprentices of the printed cotton textile industry; from its classrooms would come, a century later, the Olot landscape school and the trade of the religious image makers. 1783 Photo: Wamito (Public domain) What to see and do in Olot