The best walks and hikes around Sant Quintí De Mediona

Documented for the first time in 962, it was listed as a monastic house dependent on the Ripoll monastery and since the 12th century it had housed a community of Benedictines. Practically nothing remains of the primitive Romanesque church, since in 1541 a mob of Frenchmen burned down the town, leaving the monastic house and the church collapsed. The church was rebuilt in 1567, becoming the property of the Barcelona Cathedral. In the following years he carried out various renovations, including the addition of an altarpiece by the Milanese painter Joan Baptista Toscano and various images by the Catalan baroque artist Agustí Pujol. In successive centuries the church was expanded and in the 1950s, after the damage suffered during the civil war, the sgraffito exterior that can be seen today was painted.

Pélag Bullidor is the name of this area of the Torrent de Barquies where there are deeper waters, who knows from the name if the water boils somewhere!

Les Deus is a natural site of Sant Quintí de Medionai is a space where there are 23 sources of water in a beautiful area to take a break.

Beautiful castle that is located above the path that historically connected Sant Joan de Mediona and Sant Quintí, on a cliff and that offers views of the surrounding mountains. You have to take the path that goes up to you directly.

A natural area where you can enjoy lakes, pools, caves and waterfalls. Les Deus are a series of 23 fountains in a row - the water comes from a main source of the Carme Capellades aquifer. In high season, people take advantage of the lakes as a bathing area. On the highest part there is a restaurant and a bar with views and below there is a picnic area. There is also an adventure park where there is via ferrata etc.

Ruins of an Elizabethan barracks, occupied by the Carlists. Only a section of wall and a tower remain. The interior has been converted into a cemetery. It is interesting from a historical point of view.

Tradition says that Quintí was the son of a Roman senator. The church of Rome sent him to evangelize the Amiens area, but during the trip Quintí was beheaded. His head was thrown into the River Somme along with his body, with a stone tied to his feet. Years later, through the prayer of a blind woman, the body of Sant Quintí emerged from the water and restored the woman's sight. Although nothing remains of the original Romanesque building, in the current building we find signs of some ancient temple.

The Castell de Mediona has been documented since 954, having passed through different owners throughout history, something that can be seen in the different architectural forms that can be seen in its remains. The oldest construction is a semicircular tower of which only the first floor and an adjoining enclosure remain. A second construction phase provided new fortifications, such as a bastion and a rectangular Gothic room (SXIV). A third construction phase raised two new square towers (SXV). Inside the fortification there is a church dedicated to Santa María (SXIV).