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This village had great historical significance: in the Middle Ages, its castle was key in the Remensa Wars and in the control of the region, passing through the hands of various noble families. The manor remained until the mid-19th century, when it disappeared with the state expropriation of 1854.

Sant ESTEVE, or Saint Stephen, patron saint of this church in Llanars, is one of the first seven deacons of the original Jerusalem community and, as the New Testament reports, is the first martyr (martyr) of early Christianity. The church commemorates his death on the second day of Christmas, December 26th. When Stephen expressed his vision of the open heavens, "But he, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God" (Acts chapter 7 verse 55), the people were so outraged that they drove him out of the city and stoned him.

I shot through this town but what I saw looks good!

This little town has an important historical past. Just to give a brief overview, in 1244, the Lord of Milany exempted the residents of La Roca from all charges except for the remença to prevent it from becoming uninhabited, since at that time the towns of the region, La Roca was no exception, were depopulating due to the fact that the residents were subject to feudal rights. Many people also moved to “royal places”, because they were exempt from charges. In 1275 this little town was besieged by the Infante Jaume, son of King Jaume I. With the war of the remenças, the lordship of La Roca belonged to a Descatllar, which had been granted to him by John II, confiscated from Bernat de So, who later recovered it. By the 14th century, La Roca Castle had the best defense conditions in the surrounding area. At that time it belonged to the Desbac family. The good conditions favored John II, during the War of the Remences, to establish the head castle of the captaincy there. Together with the castle of Camprodon, they formed a good place of control and protection for the entire region. In the 15th century, the captaincies were abolished by King Ferdinand the Catholic. Around 1621, the Descatllar family became Feudal Lords of the castle and its territory. After a few centuries, in 1843 it belonged to Josep Domingo, a shopkeeper from Vic who had bought it from the Descatllar family. Finally, the lordship disappeared definitively with the state expropriation in 1854.

Llanars is the precise example of a rural landscape model surrounded by the Ter and Ribera de Feitús rivers, in the middle of the mountains and within the Camprodon valley. This town, which had had livestock farming as a fundamental activity, is now a quiet tourist place, open and sunny, ideal for resting and forgetting stress. The small medieval town, with the Romanesque church of Sant Esteve (12th century), is the most remarkable place from an architectural point of view. Hiking and mountain sports are the active alternative.

It is a good picnic area next to the river and in the middle of the forest

The town of La Roca is located on a rocky promontory overlooking the River Ter. Due to its singular location, it has been the protagonist of numerous historical episodes, such as the siege of 1275 by the infante Jaume (son of Jaume I). In the 14th century, during peasant revolts against seigneurial abuses (known as remen wars), it became a captaincy next to Camprodon Castle.

Hermitage located in the municipality of Villalonga de Ter (Ripollès) included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia.