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Historic center of Catalonia, more beautiful than the official one.

Rajadell Station is a railway stop located in the municipality of the same name, in the province of Barcelona, autonomous community of Catalonia. It is located at kilometer point 289.2 of the Iberian gauge railway line that connects Zaragoza with Barcelona, passing through Lérida and Manresa. This station is located between the Aguilar de Segarra and Manresa stations.

The station's dogwood (Celtis australis) was a tree found in the municipality of Rajadell (el Bages). It was withdrawn due to its fall hazard in October 2018. Descriptive data: Trunk perimeter 1 to 1.30 m: 3.28 m. Trunk perimeter 2 to 1.30 m: 2.74 m. Perimeter of the base of the trunk: 5.40 m. Height: 19.52 m. Head width: 22 m. Despite not enjoying spectacular dimensions, it was a really aesthetic and welcoming hawthorn, which had enjoyed the advantage of having a village that had taken care of it for years and had turned it into an emblem. It had a magnificently wide scotch at the foot of the stump, which had an important contribution of organic matter, as well as a set of garden junipers that acted as protectors of its own gate, from the compacting footsteps and the possible graphics of visitors.

peak of Cogulló de Cal Torre, a mountain included in the list of the 100 Peaks of the FEEC and bordering the municipalities of Rajadell and Castellfollit del Foix. At its summit, the ridges of the Serra del Colomer (which we climbed), the Serra de Cal Torre (parallel to the first and also called the Palomes on some maps), and the ridge of La Serra converge , through which we will continue the path. From the top we have magnificent views of Montserrat, Sant Llorenç, Montseny and part of Central Catalonia. But on clear days we can also see the Pyrenees, such as Pedraforca, Gallina Pelada or Cadí. At the top we will find a wooden fire watch house as well as a geodesic vertex (reference 277112001). This peak is one of the disputed points for the centrality of Catalonia, for which, every September 11, a very crowded gathering is held there. Unfortunately, the summit is accessible to motor vehicles, motorbikes but also all-terrain vehicles, which damages the balance of the environment.

The archaeological site of Sant Amanç de Viladés is made up of a Roman villa, an early medieval settlement and some remains from the Iberian period. The entire site is located on the southern side of a mountain range, crossed by the C-25 road in the section that goes from Rajadell to Calaf and which divides the whole into two parts: north and south. The importance of the Roman town of Rajadell is understood by the presence of a Roman road that connected the lands of the Manresa sector with those of Calaf and Prats de Rei (ancient Roman municipality of Sigarra). The route of this road had to necessarily follow the Rajadell stream very closely as it passed through the Roman town. Passing through this place is the most suitable for moving between the Bages and Anoia regions, as indicated by the Peric oratory, located at the foot of the N-141g and parallel to the Eix Transversal C-25. The appearance that the site has now corresponds to the plan of the Low Empire. Currently the road crosses the Roman site and divides the remains of the Roman villa into two sectors. The northern sector corresponds to the residential area or pars urbana, with an elongated structure, where the noble rooms and the set of terms are located. The southern sector is on flatter terrain and was intended for agricultural work, especially wheat and vines (pars rustica). At the western end of the villa there were bathrooms, characterized by different air-conditioned spaces, with areas of hot, warm and cold water and with the oven to heat the whole. The main body of the residential area consists of three rooms, one of which preserved a polychrome mosaic. The original is in the Museu Comarcal de Manresa, and a reproduction of part of it can be seen at Rajadell Town Hall.

The train arrived in Rajadell in 1860 when the section between Manresa and Lleida built by the Company of the Saragossa Railway in Barcelona was put into service. The railway station is located in the Estació district, separated from the old town (which we will pass through at the end of the route), which grew up around the railway tracks. In front of the station is the only place on the entire route where we can have breakfast or lunch in one of the restaurants in front. The tourist building houses the Rajadell Tourist Information Office. There are also different information boards for routes and walks.

This section, which runs between Molins and Rajadell, parallel to the train track, is well known and frequented by local cyclists.

Either on the way up or down, usually between Calaf and Manresa, it is a good point to refuel, hydrate and rest.