Bellpuig is a town in the province of Lleida, within the Urgell region and has poulation of 4798 inhabitants.

The parish church is dedicated to St. Nicolas. It is a 16th century building, covered with a ribbed vault and has a bell tower.

On the outskirts of Bellpuig is the convent of Franciscan friars of San Bartolomé. It was built in 1507. The building is rectangular and is organized around two cloisters.

Bellpuig Castle was built in 1079 and during the 12ht century it was adapted to be the residence of the Bellpuig barons.

- Tarrega: Park St. Eloi, the Theatre Fair on the street.

- Vallfogona del Riu Corb: Spa

- Guimerà: The Tower, the Church, the Bobera, Medieval Market.

- Vallbona de les Monges: Monastery, Cistercian Route.

- Verdú: Festival of the Wine and Grape Harvest, Botijo Fair, Ceramics, Castle, Toy Museum.

- Almenara High: Tower defense

- Anglesola: Feast of the three laps and Medieval Fair, Chariot Museum.

- Agramunt: Nougat Fair, Church, House of Poetry.

- Belianes: Feast of the Oil and acient Oil Mill.

- Bellpuig: Motocross circuit, Church, Convent of San Bartomeu.

- La Fuliola: Feast of Harvest and Threshing.

- Ivars: Watertight Ivars.

- Belltall: Windfarm.

Routes to be done:

- Wine Route

- Oil Route

- Route of the Castles

- Routes Canal Urgell

- Cistercian Route

- Routtes BTT

For more information on the routes that can be done in Urgell enter:

www.lleidatur.com;  www.turismeurgell.cat;  www.larutadelcister.info; www.aralleida.cat

The Urgell is a region in the center of Catalonia, between the Noguera and Segarra, commnicated by the A2 motorway (Madrid-Barcelona) and C14 (Montblanc-Andorra) road.

One can distinguish four counties with its own characteristics: the sector of Pla d'Urgell, Ribera de Sio, River basin of Ondara and the valley of Corb.

The current region of Urgell consists of twenty municipalities, comprinsing a total area of 579,73 square kilometers, with a population of 36.670 inhabitants (2009). The economic base of Urgell revolves around agriculture, livestock and the production and processing of agricultural products.

Tarrega is the most important, and a third of the local population and numerous industries. Stand out Agramunt and Bellpuig.

The Urgell is in the middle of the plains of Ponent, around the city of Tarrega, regional head and commercial center, services and communications sector of the Plain.

It comprises part of the Plain of Urgell, crossed by river Ondara.

To the north the terrain is rugged in the Sierra de Almenara (459 meters) and the Sió Valley, ZEPA special protection areas for birds, where it has established Agramunt. To The south is the valley of the river Corb, with staggered reliefs, at the border with the Segarra and Conca de Barbera (Tallat range, 803m).

The climate in Urgell is Mediterranean with continental influence. The low altitudinal difference between the various sectors of the region does not condition many climatic contrasts within the region.

There is an accentuation noted in the thermal oscillation in the median and bottom of the region.

The fogs of thermal inversion are frequent from autumn to spring calm days. Mist may rise during the day, but may be more than a week away.

When temperatures drops below freezing and foggy weather, frost forms on land and plants.

More than 80% of the area of the region of Urgell is cultivated.

Is very little natural vegetation, except mountain areas of the north and south of the region.

It is considered that the natual vegetation in most of the region would be a forest of oak, although there are currently few oaks (ZEPA)

There are oak forests in parts of the northern mountains (Almenara, Montclar) and in some corners of the Tallat.

The oak is a slow-growing forest that has been destroyed for crops, for pastures, or simply as a result of logging.

In our region there are a lot of quality restaurants, many of them unknown, with a variety of recipes, where traditional flavors with new textures, new ingredients and products, all in the proximity.

This great gastronomic richness of the past and present come together to create and develop traditional dishes such as snails, troters, casserole chunk, barbecue ...

Also a number of establishments make a wide range of cuisine with original dishes with quality products of the region, well cooked and well presented.

The pairings with wines with Denomination of Origin of Costers del Segre, and specifically sub-areas of our region, Urgell, Valls del Riu Corb or Artesa de Segre, make the kitchen area a very good range of dishes imaginatively and reasonable prices.

Sió has meant always a river little known, but despite its low flow is a long river and has become a space frontier in the history of this land and a common geographic space for social commnication, culture and economics, following a longitudinal shape between the villages on the river.

The border castles in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries, represented a genuine defensive network of the territory.

The Sio springs in Gàver in the high región of Segarra, taking waters even of the upper Anoia (historic Segarra), crossing the Segarra, Urgell and Noguera leads up to Balaguer. It is approximately 70 km long.

The river Sió determine us therefore a thematic route that coincides fully with the boundary lines that are created in the Upper toward the end of the tenth and early eleventh century and draw a very characteristic historical and monumental landscape.

Key elements of the route

Along the route there are different castles that already have organized a guided visit for many years and are marketed under the "Castells de Lleida"  www.castellsdelleida.com  These castles are:

· Montsonís (la Noguera)

· Montclar (Urgell)

· Florejacs (la Segarra)

· Les Pallargues (la Segarra)

· Vicfred (la Segarra)

· Concabella (la Segarra)

· Formós (la Noguera)

In the different sections of the route can be found more than hundred castles, some of them visitable and places with high monumental value and carrying capacity, as Balaguer, Agramunt and Sant Guim de Freixenet, linking other assets of the route as for example Vergós Guerrejat, Oluges, Montfalcó, Malgrat, Castellmeià, Montcortés, l'aranyó, Ratera, Les Sitges, Preixens, Almenara ...

List of Castles and places to visit:

· Gàver (springs of the river Sió)

· Montfalcó Murallat

· Cervera (City Hall, University, Road of the Witches ...)

· San Ramón (manastery)

· L'Aranyó

· Montcortés

· Vicfred (guided tour inside)

· Castellmeià

· Concabella (Interpretation Center of the Sió Castles)

· Ratera

· Guissona (Roman relics)

· Castellnou de Ossó (Roman tower with remains of medieval castle)

· Les Pallargues (guided tour inside)

· Florejacs (guided tour inside)

· Les Sitges

· Agramunt (Romanesque church of Santa María)

· Torre de Almenara

· Montclar (guided tour inside)

· Montsonís (guided tour inside)

· Castell Formós (Balaguer)

PRIVATE FOUNDATION GUINOVART DE AGRAMUNT SPACE

Pl. del Mercado, 1 - Tel. 973 390 904

info@espaiguinovart.cat,  www.espaiguinovart.cat

The Guinovart Space is located in the old municipal market in the city, built by the architect Domingo Torres and that City Counclil of Agramunt ceded in 1994, for the location of an art center. The Ghinovart Space is a space where the work of contemporary painter Josep Guinovart is exposed, and where take place various activities, such as: exhibitions, conferences, concerts, recitals ...  all with the desire to bring art to the people.

Hours: Thursday and Friday, from 10 to 13 h.

Saturday from 11 am to 14 pm and from 17 to 19 h.

Sunday, from 11 to 14 h.

MUSEUM OF MOUGAT AND CHOCOLATE OF AGRAMUNT

Ctra. de Tàrrega, km 1 - Tel. 973 390 607

museu@vicens.com,  www.vicens.com

A journey through history that will take you to discover the origins and preparation of nougat and chocolate, and the history of the company Turrones Vicens, through images, sounds and smells.

Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:30 to 13:30 h. and from 15 to 19 h. Sundays and holidays from 10 to 15 h.

THE PRIVATE FOUNDATION GUILLEM VILADOT LO PARDAL OF AGRAMUNT

Pl. del Padre Gras, 5 - Tel. 973 391 089, Tourist Information Office of Agramunt

turisme@agramunt.cat, www.lopardal.com

The Private Foundation Guillem Viladot "Lo Pardal" was created to preserve the works of Guillem Viladot (Agramunt, 1922 - Barcelona, 1999).

This agramunt citizen developed a creative research that led him to the "visual poetry" discipline that surpasses the rules of written language to trigger images of poetic value.

His work is divided into 3 phases well marked: the narrative, visual poetry and titrations.

In the last two stages of the works of Guillem Viladot you can find different objects, which abound in field tools, auto parts, etc., which takes them out of their original context, transforms them, and gives them poetic value, away from the limitations of written language.

Hours: arranged visits.

ETHNOLÓGIC MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF AGRAMUNT

Pl. del Mercado, 1 - Tel. 973 311 089, Tourist Information Office of Agramunt

turisme@agramunt.cat,  www.agramunt.cat

In September 1980 was opened the Municipal Ethnological Museum located in the basement of the building of the Guinovart Space.

This museum has a large collection of old agricultural tools and crafts, household objects, architectural material and old photographs of the population provided by inhabitants of Agramunt.

in this museum you can find: a Roman prisoner, pincers oil from Roman times, the piece of a Roman mosaic from Castellnou de Agramunt, the machine clock bell that was used until 1991, a machine film from one of the three cinemas that there had been in the town, a piece of the door of the Church of Santa Maria, coins from Ponç de Cabrera 1234-1243), municipal notes (1936-1939), ornaments of the Feast of San Antonio and many other items that are no longer used and belong to our past.

Hours: arranged visits.

CAL GASSOL OF ANGLESOLA

Manor house of late Gothic style where it’s expose an extensive collection of tools, which allows you to know all tasks that were developed throughout the annual cycle of agriculture, and revive at the same time the life in an old manor house in the village.
Hours: arranged visits by phone of the City Hall of Anglesola 973 308 00

SPACE OF THE CARRIAGE OF ANGLESOLA

Interesting collection of chariots and old farming tools. You can admire the different types of cars that had been, their function and construction process.
In the museum two ancient crafts, and missing and intimately related to the vehicles and animals that were drove, the cartwright and saddler.
It tries to recreate a space to relive the experiences that shaped the character of the men and women of Anglesola.
Space of the Carriage adds to the rich cultural offerings of the region and offers a walk through tradition and history.
Hours: arranged visits by phone of the City Hall of Anglesola 973308006.

ECOMUSEUM OF RURAL LIFE OF BELIANES

The Town Hall building houses the Eco museum of village which has an interesting collection of tools and vessels of rural life as well as clothing and documents of great historical and cultural interest.
Hours: arranged visits by phone of the City Hall of  Belianes 973330139.

ANTIQUE OIL MILL MAURICI MASSOT DE BELIANES

The building is located near the Town Hall and dates from the seventeenth century. There can be found all elements that were used for the development and the press of oil.
Hours: arranged visits by phone of the City Hall of  Belianes 973330139.

MONASTERY OF SAINT BARTOMEU  OF BELLPUIG

Ctra. de Belianes, s / n - Tel. 973320292
bellpuig.cultura@gencat.cat, www.bellpuig.cat

If you take the local road to Belianes, a few meters ahead on the left side you can find the Franciscan convent of Saint Bartomeu, one of the architectural jewels of the city. It was built in the sixteenth century by order of Ramon Folch de Cardona-Anglesola.
It highlights the flowery Gothic cloister with Renaissance elements and some capitals full of watermarks.
In 1985 it was declared a National Cultural Interest.
Hours: Thursday through Saturday, from 10 to 13.30 h and from 15 to 17.30 h. Sunday 10 to 15 h.
July and August, from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 to 13.30 h and from 15 to 18.30 h

ART HALL AND SMALL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF BELLPUIG

Av. de Urgell, 2- Tel. 973320355
Exhibition of paintings and collection of antique objects and tools.
Hours: arranged visits

THE BAKERY OF CASTELLSERÀ

Former grain warehouse that belonged to the Monastery of Poblet had built by Abbot Domènec Porta. Dates of the sixteenth century.
In this building were made the duties of collect all the tithe of Poblet.
The building was known as "the castle shop" or "the castle".
You can still see the shield of Abbot Domènec Porta, located both on the cover and an inner arch.
In 1982 the building passed into the hands of the City Council, and is intended to Couple of Culture.
In 2001 it was declared a National Cultural Interest (BCIN), in the category of historical monument.
Hours: arranged visits by phone of the City Hall no. 973610005.

MONUMENT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT LLUÍS COMPANYS IN TARRÒS

Located at the foot of the road C-53 towards Balaguer we find the monument in memory of who was president of the Generalitat between 1934 and 1940, Lluís Companys i Jover.
Beloved Son of the town was born in 1882 in Tarròs and went to study law in Barcelona.
Throughout his life he held various positions as municipal councilor in Barcelona, civil governor of Barcelona, deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia and finally president of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
In 1939 he went into exile in France and the Germans arrested him at La Baule, he was extradited to Spain where he was shot in Montjuïc in 1940.
The sculpture by the artist targarí Antoni Boleda is surrounded by trees and shrubs, benches, a fountain and a parking area.
Hours: Free visit.

INTERPRETATION CENTRE OF THE PRESIDENT LLUÍS COMPANYS  IN TARRÒS

Near the Monument to the President of the Generalitat is the Interpretation Center of Lluís Companys.
Hours: arranged visits by phone of the City Hall of Tornabous, no. 973570233.

MUSEUM OF THE COURT BATTLE OF GUIMERÀ

Pl. Mayor, s / n- Tel. 973303313 y 648100250
museu@guimera.info, www.guimera.info/museu

Old Town Hall, also known by the name of "court of Batlle".
The ground floor and the first floor is especially dedicated to the Cistercian monasteries of Vallbona, Vallsanta, the Bovera and Pedregal spaces.
The second floor houses an auditorium where they perform temporary exhibitions and audiovisual project of Guimerà and historical heritage.
Hours: open every weekend from 11 to 14 h. For other days, you have to arrange a visit.

MUSEUM OF MATERNAL ART MAGDA SANRAMA OF GUIMERÀ

Ctra. Tàrrega, 62- Tel. 93 441 13 29 y 648 196 161
info@mothermuseum.com, www.mothermuseum.com

The museum is dedicated to motherhood, there is a sample of ethnology, art, history, numismatics, philately, posters, sentimental objects ...
Hours: arranged visits.

GEOLÓGY COLLECTION LLUÍS FERRER LA FULIOLA

Av. Cataluña, 43 - Tel. 973570013 del Ayuntamiento.
Hours: arranged visits by the City Hall of Fuliola.

MUSEUM OF ARMS AND TOOLS OF THE FIELD OF JOSEP PANÉ AT  FULIOLA

C. Àngel Guimerà, 5 - Tel. 973570013 del Ayuntamiento.
Hours: arranged visits by the City Hall of Fuliola.

MUSEUM OF URGELL COUNTY IN TÀRREGA

C. Mayor, 11-25300 Tàrrega - Tel. 973 31 29 60
museu@museutarrega.cat; www.museutarrega.cat

Arranged visits for groups every day of week. See timetable.
Description: archeology room focused on the Iberian world, noble rooms of Cal Perelló (XVIII – XIX century) with furniture from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century, paintings of the painting targarina school, specialized library, educational area with workshops for school related with the Iberian world, audiovisual room.
Permanent collection of sculpture and painting of targarinos artists.
Exhibition Tragedy of Call, Tarrega 1348 where you can see a sample of history and the passage of the Jews through the city towards 1348.

Monday to Friday from 10 to 14 h. Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 to 14 h. From Thursday to Sunday, from 19 to 21 h

Summer Hours: July and August, from Monday to Saturday, from 12 to 14 h

Temporary exhibitions: Monday to Saturday, from 19 to 21 h. Sundays and holidays from 12 am to 14 pm and from 19 to 21 h

MUSEUM OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION J. TREPAT IN TÁRREGA

Avda. Josep Trepat Galceran, s / n- 25300 Tàrrega - Tel. 973311616
informacio@museutrepat.cat; www.museutrepat.cat

This museum tells the history and production process of the former factory of agricultural machinery J. Trepat.
It is part of the network of Museums of Science and Technology of Catalonia.
Hours: Monday to Saturday, visits are arranged. Sundays, guided tour at 11 am and at 12.30 pm, without prior reservation.

CAL TALAVERÓ,  ART CENTER OF VERDÚ

C. de la Fuente, 20 - Tel. y Fax 973 348 053
gestio@caltalavero.cat, www.caltalavero.cat, www.art-visio.com

Art gallery located in an old house of the seventeenth century, belonging to the Monastery of Poblet.
The Talavero had privileges with Poblet because they let building balconies and windows in the house, as it was attached to the castle wall.
In the barn and granary is where it is located the exhibition that allows to present the work of young artists and already consecrated artists.
Hours: arranged visits.

ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM OF VERDÚ

(Old Hospital building of Verdú) - Tel. 973347216
The Ramon Boleda archaeological collection and exhibition of archaeological work of the Iberian settlement of Estinclells of Verdú.
There are also remains of other Iberian villages as the Moli d 'Espígol of Tornabous or Roman remains from Guissona and tossal Rodo.
Hours: arranged visits.

MAYORAL ART SPACE OF VERDÚ

Pl. Mayor, 23- Tel. 973347049
info@miroataula.cat, www.miroataula.cat

Miró in Mesa is a unique experience, innovative fusion of art and cuisine. Thirty works of Miró in dialogue with works by artists such as Picasso, Dali and Barceló, along with a gastronomic offer where the table and the dishes play the leading role.

Hours: Sundays at 13 h, prior reservation. Tuesday to Saturday, arranged visits


ROYAL MONASTERY OF SAINT MARIA OF VALLBONA

The history of the monastery begins in 1153 when the hermit Ramon de Vallbona gathered a mixed community of hermits.
In 1176, having marched the men in the Montsant, some nuns from Tulebras (Navarra) joined the community and became part of the Cistercian Order.
The Cistercian Order was under the Rule of Saint Benedict, who rejected everything that was unnecessary.
He was born in the eleventh century as a monastic renewal that was against wealth, betting by prayer, work, meditation and welcoming pilgrims.

With the figure of Bernard of Clairvaux this order spread throughout Europe and came to the monasteries of Poblet, Santes Creus and Vallbona de les Monges.
The first abbess was Oria Ramirez. The monastery was governed by an abbess and nuns had about thirty that could be compared to the male monasteries of Poblet in the Conca de Barbera and Santes Creus in Alt Camp.
The prestige of the monastery was very important during the Middle Ages by the extent of its properties, the subsidiaries founded monasteries and social status of the nuns who entered, many of them from the nobility.
Monastic life throughout its 800 years of existence has never been interrupted, except in time of war.

The monastery church is the transition from Romanesque to Gothic. Highlights include the two domes; one is the lantern dome and the other is the bell tower.
On each side of the presbytery there is a sarcophagus. One is the tomb of "Violant d' Hongria", second wife of King James I the Conqueror and the other is her daughter, Princess "Sança d' Aragó".
The cloister, begun in the twelfth century, shows the different architectural styles each of the wings.
The chapter of the fourteenth century meeting place of the community.
Presides the image of the Virgin of Mercy, which is polychrome terracotta.
At the beginning of the nave is the beautiful image of the "Virgin of the Cor" polychrome stone and work of Guillem Seguer, dating from the fourteenth century.

The chapel of the Virgin of the Cloister where is preserved the image of Santa Maria, dating from the twelfth century and was restored in the fourteenth century.

The square was the place to the cemetery of the nuns, that were later buried in the cloister.

On the wall of the church are different sarcophagi houses.

In 1931 the monastery was declared a National Cultural Interest.

Information and times:

Summer: (from March 1 to October 31)

Tuesday to Saturday from 10.30 to 13.30 and from 16.30 to 18.30

Sunday from 12 to 13.30 h and from 16.30 to 18.30

Winter season (from November 1 to February 28)

Tuesday to Saturday from 10.30 to 13.30 and from 16.30 to 17.30 h

Sunday from 12 to 13.30 h and from 16.30 to 17.30 h

Previously check schedules:

www.monestirvallbona.cat, e-mail: vallbona@monestirvallbona.cat

Tel. 973330266

MUSEUM SPACE OF THE  CINEMA - COLLECTION JOSEP M. QUERALTÓ

Collection of over 20,000 pieces related to the world of cinema objects. There is a room that pays tribute to Mr. Queraltó, with samples of radios and sound objects that are moved from one village to another.
There are also books, posters, press clippings ...
Hours: arranged visits at the Tourism Office Vallbona de les Monges, 973982500, turisme@vallbonadelemonges.cat


TEKHNIKÓS FOUNDATION OF VERDÚ

Tel. 973 34 70 05, 685 846 079
fundacio@tecnikos.org, www.tekhnikos.org

Tekhnikós, Verdú based foundation established in June 2002, develops technical resources, programs and services, with the dual aim of offering to host own proposals and projects outside the scope of what we now call knowledge society.
Working different lines of activity, programs of INTERACTION, PLANETARY, DOCUMENTS AND MUSIC helps people with disabilities, make education in the scientific field, in person and by network broadcast, cultural productions and provides technical means for promoting music and musicians.
Hours: arranged visits.