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Mura is considered one of the most beautiful towns on the outskirts of Barcelona. It is medieval , so its fame is understandable but, in addition, it has another incentive: and that is that it has managed to preserve its heritage from the time thanks to being hidden among the thick vegetation of the Sant Llorenç de Munt il'Obac Natural Park. To get to it you will have to follow a zigzagging road that runs through forests. In just over an hour, if we come from Barcelona, we will have traveled back in time. And not only to the Middle Ages, as the buildings and the cobblestones of its streets suggest; but much further back: more than 30 million years.
When the entire valley was flooded with water because Central Catalonia was a sea. A huge inland sea through which today the region of Bages, together with its neighbors, is declared a UNESCO World Geopark . Balma del Perich Balma del Perich The disappearance of the sea and the action of the rivers that were created subsequently Colombia Mobile Number List accumulated sediments, some softer than others, giving rise to the creation of balmas. Cavities in the rock like the Balma del Perich : 7 meters deep and 30 meters long in a rock shelter that, although in its origins it is believed that it could have been a shelter, today it is a designer rural house . But, before entering the house, it is worth explaining that a balma, contrary to what many of us think, is not a cave. “A balma is a natural formation,” Santi, owner of Balma del Perich, explains to us by phone. “The difference with caves is that they are not dug into the rock.
Caves have galleries, balmas do not.” Therefore, the narrowest part of a balma is always on the inside and the outside is wider. A cavity inhabited since the 14th century Balma del Perich Balma del Perich It is not known what the exact date of the construction of the Balma del Perich is, although the oldest reference that has been found is a historical purchase and sale archive from the year 1326 . “We believe that it was inhabited before the 14th century. Possibly it was a shelter or they left their flock there,” says Santi. The church of Mura dates back to the 12th century, so it is very likely that if the town was already inhabited, the house was already built. It was a time when people suffered from hunger, so it was very greedy to build a house in which you only had to build one wall.
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發表於 2024-3-3 12:12:31