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At the foot of the imposing cliffs of Busa, in the municipal district of Navès (el Solsonès- Pyrenees) and in the north-east of the comarca (local district) of El Solsones, the river Aiguadora forms a wide valley with places of great natural beauty.
Over the centuries, this splend location, which has always been a passing point and offered shelter for travellers, grew up around the magnificent and – at that time - important, Romanesque-style monastery of Sant Pere de Graudescales (10th century).
The history books tell us that it was in this same valley that Count Guifré el Pelós (the hairy) fought his last battle against the muslim troops led by Muhammad ibn Llop, and where he was mortally wounded. Indeed, a small monument stands next to the path in commemoration of this event. According to legend, this was the place where the dying count marked the four bars of the senyera (Catalan flag) on a golden shield with his blood-stained fingers.
The local inhabitants, who live spread across the area in isolated farm houses which used to be poorly connected, have managed to preserve the natural beauty of the valley and its self-sufficient spirit. As a result, it is possible to discover remnants of a completely different way of life in the Vall d’Ora by visiting the saw and flour mills at Ca l’Ambros, which still run on water power. Just a few metres away, visitors can also admire a small, but very beautiful, Romanesque-style bridge, with two arches, while the old school houses an exhibition of some of the items that were once used by the mill workers.
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Did you know that the origins of the Catalan senyera (national flag) can be relived in Navès?
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Did you know that the origins of the Catalan senyera (national flag) can be relived in Navès?
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