5 Sights in Olot, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Olot, Spain! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Olot. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Olot1. Casa Museu Can Trincheria
Can Trinxeria, often mentioned by the incorrect name of Can Trincheria, is one of the most important manor houses in Olot. It was built in the first half of the eighteenth century, although the current result is the product of different extensions and subsequent reforms. Its name is due to the fact that since its origins it has been inhabited by the Trinxeria lineage. The Trinxeria are originally from Prats de Molló, a town in Roussillon that in 1659 passed to France by virtue of the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
2. Museu dels Volcans
The Museum of Volcanoes was the science section of the Museum of La Garrotxa. It was located in the Castanys tower, in the heart of the Parc Nou in Olot. It presented volcanological phenomena with models, touch computers, interactive modules and an earthquake simulator, unique in Catalonia. The main plant and animal ecosystems were also presented. Inaugurated in 1991, it closed in 2022, with the opening of the Espai Cràter.
3. Sant Miquel del Mont
Sant Miquel del Mont is a church in the municipality of Vall de Bianya, in the Catalan region of La Garrotxa. At the top of the mountain of the same name, with an altitude of 792.6 metres, is the Romanesque church of Sant Miquel del Mont and a geodesic vertex.
4. Museu Comarcal de la Garrotxa
The Museu de la Garrotxa is a museum in Olot, Catalonia, Spain. It is associated with the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona; the other institutions in this association are the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer and the Cau Ferrat (Sitges). The museum is housed in an 18th-century neoclassical building designed by architect Ventura Rodríguez.
5. Museu dels Sants
The Olot Saints Museum opened in 2007 in Olot (Girona), and is devoted to housing items related to the craft of creating religious imagery. With the aim of broadening its appeal, it also includes other crafts, popular and traditional culture, and the life and work of Marian Vayreda, one of the founders of the first workshops to make religious figurines in the city, along with his brother Joaquim and Josep Berga i Boix. The workshop was known as, "Arte Cristiano".
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