The best gravel rides around Mollet Del Vallès

Un monument megalític datat entre el final del neolític i l'edat del bronze, considerat un dels jaciments prehistòrics més importants del Maresme.

En Salvi Arenes i en Bosch, pagesos i propietaris dels boscos del Corredor, van promoure al 1523 la construcció d’una petita capella, dedicada a la Mare de Déu dels Socors, tot interpretant uns suggeridors senyals celestials. Se’n feu càrrec l’ermità Bernat Penitència. Al 1583, el frare Lleonard Claus va construir l’actual temple, d’estil gòtic tardà. S’hi celebren tres aplecs a l’any: dilluns de Pasqua (general), sant Marc (gent de Dosrius) i primer de maig (vot de poble de Canyamars). Font: XPN

Very nice. It looks so much better than it did years ago.

Beyond the green and open route that everyone knows, this space occupies old areas of cultivation and wet meadows that, until the 1970s, served as pasture for the livestock of several farmhouses in the area. Even today, under some unevenness in the terrain, you can sense the old layout of the fields and dry stone banks. During its construction, some traditional water channels were respected, which continue to drain part of the subsoil. Access is easy and the environment maintains that combination of plain and forest typical of the foot of Montseny. A place where the agricultural past still rears its head if you pay a little attention.

Local tradition explains that the hermitage was subjected to strong flooding of the stream for years, to the point that some documents from the 19th century mention minor repairs “due to water damage”. Field blessings were also held there before the harvest, a common practice in the surrounding farmhouses. The final access is on foot, short and clear once you pass the chain. A discreet place, surrounded by forest and stream, which preserves the calm typical of the old points of rural devotion.

An old stone dam that diverted water to the fields and mills of the valley. Today, half-covered in moss and roots, it's a quiet corner where time seems to stand still. When the water flows gently, the trees are reflected as if the forest were folded in two. Some of the older residents say that, in dry summers, children used to come here to swim and used the weir as an improvised diving board.

It is said that during the Civil War, the locals hid the bells and some altar pieces in the sacristy to prevent them from being melted down. Years later, during restoration, they discovered a barely visible Latin inscription: “Lumen in tenebris lucet” — “The light shines in the darkness.” Since then, every time the sun shines through the rose window at sunset and illuminates the altar, many say the phrase takes on new meaning. A place with more history than its facade reveals.

Legend has it that in the 19th century, during a fierce storm, lightning struck the bell tower and the bells rang on their own as the villagers ran for shelter. No one was hurt, but ever since, it is said that when they ring with a long echo, "Sant Julià warns of rain." Beyond the legend, the truth is that the church has witnessed millennia—Visigothic remains still lie hidden beneath its foundations—and continues to set the rhythm of the village, amidst the ancient clang of the bronze bells and the scent of damp earth.