What to see

Abadal arose with the desire to express the singularity of a soil through its wines

This is the old house of Amigant family, and it is placed in the bifurcation between Sant Miquel street and Amigant street

"Anella Verda" is the whole set of spaces around the city, that for its social, environmental, agricultural, productive and landsacape heritage, must be protected, connected and promoted.

The building was designed in 1904 but it was not until 1906 that the foundation stone was laid

The Armengou House was one of Ignasi Oms' first works in the city. It was designed between 1899 and 1900, and it shows a style halfway between elclecticism and Modern Style.

Balsareny castle is located on a 420m high hill in the town of Balsareny

The German artist Joseph Beuys is an example of the inspiring capacity of Saint Ignatius legacy in Manresa

CLAM is the International Social Film Festival of Catalonia

Baroque mansion of the 18th Century

Tipical barroque house from the XVIII C., placed in Plana de l'Om square

This building, standing in the heart of the city, sheltered the popular Jorba store for many years

With 260 hectares of surface, this impressive rural property is administered by the charismatic Joan Soler

In April of 1522 Ignatius stayed for a few nights on the ground floor of the house number 30 in Sobrerroca street

The Cardener is the river running through the life of a group of towns and villages in the north-east of the county of El Bages, above its capital, Manresa

Cardona is a village located 30km from Manresa, direction Solsona with an important medieval heritage

Old gothic church, built by Berenguer de Montagut, were the "Miracle of Light" took place on the 21st February 1345

The Gabernet Espanyol House is the work of Ignasi Oms i Ponsa and was designed in 1898

The second and third floors house the premises of l'Hotelet

The Padró Domènech House, which is also known as Xipell House, was designed in 1903 by Ignasi Oms.

Enric Sagnier designed this building between 1920 and 1924 by order of the Caixa de Pensions de Barcelona.

La Casa de la Culla is a historic farmhouse located in Manresa, offering a journey through time thanks to its heritage and its wine-growing activity

Built by Alexandre Soler i March in 1918. Sober and regular, leaves behind the Modernist canons and it follows the Noucentisme style.

The Cavalcada is a shared and collective celebration, the result of the joint work and excitement of the entire city

The Cellar Cooperative Salelles SCCL is a cooperative that serves the agriculture and livestock in the area, transforming and commercializing its products

Due to reformation works, the Balç Street will remain closed until 18th September (included)

During his stay in Manresa, Sant Ignatius got sick and was admitted at the Amigant's family house

The Chapel of Saint Mark, is a Gothic chapel located at the southern entrance of Manresa right next to the Old Bridge.

Ignasi Oms designed the Children's Home School in 1901

Winery located at the foot of mount Collbaix that, after four generations devoted to the crop of the vineyards

Vins Colltor is a small winery located in the middle of nature, with a completely artisanal and sustainable working method.

A living testimony to nearly four centuries of the city's history.

Ignasi Oms designed the Davant House in 1907 and it was enlarged by Josep Firmat in 1936

The Ignatian Manresa is constituted by those places that are part of the legacy of Ignatius or where he passed through when he was in the city in 1522

The tradicional activities during Easter in Manresa begin with Palm Sunday

The Esteve Pharmacy, born from Esteve Laboratories, was founded in 1787 and has always been run by the same family: the Esteve family. In 1926, they decided to commission the architect Josep Firmat to design the decorative elements for their pharmacy in Plana de l'Om square

Small familiar business dedicated to growing grapes and making their own wine in the village of Salelles (Sant Salvador de Guardiola)

This flour mill was designed by Alexandre Soler i March in 1909. It is a clear example of a typical Modern Style factory. There are three diferent parts - the central part, which is original, and two side parts.

On the first Sunday after the last Saturday of August we celebrate the Festival of Manresa. Its location in late August or early September

In Manresa, every February 21st is celebrated the Festival of Light " La Llum" (as popularly known)

The Festa del Tomàquet is a festival based around the star product of the Bages region vegetable garden

During the first weekend in November, Manresa hosts the Mediterranean Fair for Shows with Traditional Roots

The Festival of the Light, which is held on the 21st February

More than 36 million years, in the geographic heart of Catalonia, there was a sea that disappeared with the rise of the Pyrenees

Valentí Masachs Geology Museum is located in the School of Engineering of Manresa (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and it is the Museum of Geology of the UPC. It was founded in 1980 and Dr. Valentine Masachs was in its first director.

With a previous documented experience in winemaking of three centuries, in 1920, the Gibert family, started elaborating its sparkling wines (cava), using the traditional method

A guided tour that will undoubtedly touch your heart

The historic center of Manresa is located where the town used to be in the medieval wall

Come and follow in the footsteps of Ignatius of Loyola, reliving his experience and enjoying the landscapes that captivated him on his way to Manresa

The Ignatian Way, impulsed by the Jesuits, that covers the pilgrimage made Ignatius of Loyola in 1522

Jardins de Llum is an art itinerary that allows visitors to stroll and admire a series of artistic creations featuring light and water as the main elements, coinciding with Manresa’s traditional Festival of Light.

The Kursaal theatre is a cultural facility built in 1927 by the entrepreneur Andreu Cabot.

The Agulla Park is outside of Manresa, no far from Santpedor. The park was created with the construction of the Lake of l'Agulla, which was built between 1966 and 1974. The lake covers an area of 64,000 m2 and a capacity of 200,000 m3, which ensures a reservation at Manresa for over a week.

La Buresa is a great modernist building designed by the architect Ignasi Oms i Ponsa in 1908

This cross is one of the references in the Ignatius imaginary

This old flour mill, built in 1911, is a particular interpretation of industrial architecture by the local architect Ignasi Oms. It is an industrial building made of different voluimes.

In the southwestern municipality of Manresa, the streams of Guardiola and Rajadell, in its final stretch, open deep valleys, sometimes flanked with cliffs of rock, unil they eventually meet their older brother, the river Cardener.

La Sèquia Park has adapted the whole surroundings of the medieval canal so visitors can discover an area with a rich heritage and a legendary history

The Les Acàcies winery is located in Avinyó, in the northern part of the Bages plateau

Farmhouse of medieval origin, which depended on the monastery of Sant Benet de Bages

This is a house with a garden, in an unbeatable location beside the Passeig, right in the city centre.

Lluvià House or Villa Emilia is an estate property located on the outskirts of Manresa. The main building in the area is a modernist summer home designed by Ignasi Oms i Ponsa in 1896.

This building, halfway between Modern Style and "Noucentisme"

The new Interpretation centre Manresa 1522: Ignatius’ city, located in the old Conservatory Theatre in Sant Domènec Square, shows what the city was like in the sixteenth century, when it hosted St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1522.

Manresa City Council, which presides over the square, is a civil baroque building built between 1739 and 1777

The Museum of Manresa is a museum space located in the former College of Saint Ignatius, with the aim of promoting and sharing the city’s heritage and history

St Ignatius of Loyola is the personality who has given the city of Manresa the greatest international renown

St Ignatius of Loyola is the personality who has given the city of Manresa the greatest international renown

Mas San Iscle produces wines from the nineteenth century under the leadership of the family Vilanova, with special attention to the native variety and recovering Picapoll varieties like the black one

There are still sections of the old medieval walls of the city; these walls reached its maximum limits during the 14th Century

The Moianès is a natural, clear and well defined region

The Montcau Valleys have been populated since ancient times, although the permanent settlements were consolidated during the Middle Ages

The mountain and the Benedictine monastery of Montserrat, which was founded in the 11th century, stand in a 60km Natural Park to the west of Barcelona

Stage 27 of the Ignatian Way, the last of the entire route, runs between Montserrat and Manresa

The new Museum of the Baroque in Catalonia is a national museum that places Manresa at the epicentre of the interpretation of Catalan Baroque art, and allows for the rediscovery and appreciation of the heritage of this period in the country

Món Sant Benet is a unique cultural, tourist, and leisure project which was opened in November 2007

Stage 27 of the Ignatian Way, the last of the entire route, runs between Montserrat and Manresa

Built during the second half of the 17th Century, inspired by the Palau de la Generalitat

The medieval castle of Mas Oller, originary from the Xth century, opens the doors to visit and experiment the Wine project is carried out

It was built in the sixteenth century and it was located next to the Old Bridge

The oldest factory in Catalonia and Spain that has been preserved with its original characteristics

The Passeig (Avenue) Pere III, along with Àngel Guimerà Street is the most important commercial area of Manresa

The Pilgrims Welcome Centre, opened in June 2015, is located in the basement of the Former School of St. Ignatius

The Plana de l’Om (Elm square), so called because of the tree that dominated the site for many years, is one of the most typical squares of Manresa.

The Plaça Major (city council's square) of Manresa is and used to be one of the meeting points of its inhabitants and where the city council is located nowadays

The Sant Domènec Square is located in the center of the modern Manresa, built in the beggining of the twentieth century.

The "New Bridge" is a bridge that crosses the river Cardener at the northwest entrance of the city

This "Old Bridge" is one of the characteristic elements of the monumental appearance of the town. It was built between the 12th and 13th Centuries

Medieval house which preserves a gothic window.

Built in Modern Style and designed by Joseph arquitete Signed in 1917, was a new-stand until a few years ago

17th Century Chapel

L'hospital de Sant Andreu és un edifici hospitalari i assistencial que té el seu origen a la dècada de 1260

Medieval origin convent, occupied by the community of Clare's nuns. During the XVIIth century, cloistered Dominican nuns used to run this convent

This church was part of the Convent of Sant Francesc (Saint Francis), founded in 1625

Sanctuary declared a Site of Local Interest, which includes the cave chapel, a Baroque church, and a Neoclassical-style building.

Saint Ignatius' School was a big building built in the mid- XVII century in the adjacent lands of Santa Llúcia's chapel

The Way of Sant Jaume crosses the Catalan territory from Sant Pere de Rodes to Alcarràs, link up with the road in Aragon.

This gothic church with one nave and a baroque altarpiece of Saint Barbara is an old priory in the Cistercian style related to Poblet monastery

Hydraulic engineering work that was built around the eighteenth century, probably on the initiative of the Society of Jesus

Mas Sanmarti Serrahïma is a family property dedicated to vineyards and wine producing since the first existig data from 996

A small modern winery that makes artisanal and contemporary wines

Santa Llúcia's Fair is a Christmas fair, where you can find all the products related to these festivities

El santuari de La Salut és un recinte religiós d’origen romànic situat a Viladordis, un dels veïnats de Manresa situat fora del nucli urbà de la ciutat

As we said, Carrer del Born was home to some of the city’s most important shop

Medieval tower built between the 13th and 14th Centuries

Solergibert family, since they settled in Artés in 1730, have been working in the growing of the vineyards

‘Sons del camí’ or Sounds of the Way is a series of spiritual and contemplative music, closely linked to the Feast of St Ignatius, the Ignatian Way and the Manresa 2022 projec

18th Century Baroque house

Súria is a village 15km far from Manresa, in direction to Solsona. Located next to the Cardener river has an important medieval heritage

La Seu is the principal monument of Manresa

Considered the principal Modernist building in Manresa, the Casino was built by Ignasi Oms i Ponsa

Located in what was the former Hospital of Santa Llúcia, destroyed during the Civil War, this chapel recalls one of the miracles carried out by St. Ignatius of Loyola

After the experience started by the German artist Joseph Beuys, the chilean artist Fernando Prats went through the project

The Oliba Bishop and Abbot Path is a Romanic art route which links three Catalan regions, Bages, Osona and Ripollès having the Oliba Bishop and Abbot as the guideline

The Riu Festival aims to show that the Social and Solidarity Economy of Bages is a reality

The Sant Llorenç del Munt and l'Obac Natural Park is in the Catalan coastal hills, between the counties of El Bages and Vallès Occidental, between the River Llobregat, in the west, and the River Ripoll, in the east

In the 18th century a chapel was built next to the well to remember this episode associated with the saint

Documented from the thirteenth century, the chapel hosted the Capuchin Friars in 1582

The path of "els Corrals" is located at the foot of Puigcardener and it is a path from the current Via Sant Ignaci to the Reforma square, skirting the medieval wall.

Casa Torra (Torra House) was designed by Ignasi Oms i Ponsa in 1910, at the height of maturity of his work. Still stands as the approaches of both integrated and independent house in the city by a very original and typically modernist

Dating from the XIVth C. it was one of the places where Saint Ignatius used to stop to pray

Un servei complet al visitant

The Tower of Santa Caterina (St. Catherine) of cylindrical base, stands on the hill namesake in 1836

When the water guides the road

Do you want to travel through  time? Explore the medieval Manresa!!

The ViBa Fair is an event centered around the wine produced in the Bages region.

When, in 1885, the Grau family began cultivating vineyards

The Textile and Water Museum is located in the old monumental water tanks, which collect and store water from the Canal de la Sèquia.

History can not be written without mentioning the Winery Cooperative of Artés