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Discover Rupit with your family

“Discover Rupit with your family” is an activity to discover the town of Rupit and enjoy together a unique stay in this little corner of Collsacabra.The youngest members of the family, together with adults, will be able to easily solve the challenges of the game with the new friend: Rupes!

Do you know Rupit! Come with me! You will discover a magical place!

Hi family! I’m Rupes

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Come on! Let's go to the first point of the game!We will access the town through Barbacana street and will continue along Bac de l’Era street. At the end of the street there are excellent views.Have you noticed that from here a building can be seen that resembles an old castle? It is the municipal water tank. It's the Mirador del Soler.

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Would you like to go there after visiting the town? From there you can see L’Agullola, and the legend says… What does the legend say? If you want to find out how the story ends, you’ll have to go!

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We arrive at Coll del Castell street, in the direction of Plaça dels Cavallers. We arrive at Coll del Castell street, in the direction of Plaça dels Cavallers. If we look to the left we can see the new part of the town, Santa Llúcia, but if we look to the right we can see the oldest: the ruins of Rupit Castle.

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Take a photo of the old and new part of town.

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Did you know...?

The ruins of the Castle of Rupit

Did you know that... The origin of this town can be traced back to year 1000, when Rupit Castle was built as a replacement for Fàbregues Castle. The houses in the town were progressively built around the Castle.

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Come on, we are at point 3.We walk into Plaça dels Cavallers, where there are charming beauty spots and houses attached to the Castle wall. From this spot we can see the hermitage of Santa Magdalena.

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Take a new photo, of Santa Magdalena, from where you are!

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Did you know that... The oldest piece of news of the existence of Santa Magdalena dates back to 1660. Its interior is reminiscent of Romanesque chapels despite it being built in the 18th century. You can go walking, along a path that leaves the street of the Church, just before entering the Plaza Mayor.

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We continue to point 4. Now we will go down Fossar street, the most typical street in Rupit. Look…How many fountains are there?

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Take a picture of the supposed dinosaur footprints!

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How many sundials can you see?

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Right opposite the entrance of the old graveyard there are some tracks that are believed to belong to a dinosaur. Do you see them? Take a photo! Today, we know that these are fossil footprints of the first inhabitant of Rupit i Pruit. It is an invertebrate that goes by the name of Asterosoma and that lived about 40 million years ago in Fossar Street.

Did you know that... In this street there used to be the old graveyard, after which the street was named. Since November 1st 1952, the graveyard is in the outskirts of the town.

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This point will like you a lot.Do you want to visit the bell tower?Before going up, let's see if you can guess how many steps it has ...

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Oh, and once up, take a really cool photo!

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Time to go to Main Square.

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Look for the Town Hall and take a photo of the shield that you will see.

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Historically Rupit and Pruit were two separate towns until they unified into one single town in 1977: Rupit i Pruit.Question! How many inhabitants does the municipality currently have?

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You are doing very well. Now, look for the old Soler notary and see what appears on the shield.

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Did you know that... A good example of the importance of Rupit during the 16th and 17th centuries is the fact that it had a notary’s office. A place of legal advice for the villagers. La regentó durante casi 500 años la familia Soler y la primera noticia que encontramos data del año 1308. During almost 500 years it was run by the Soler family, with the first attested record dating back to 1308. We can see the main door with a lintel, crowned with a baroque coat of arms with a sun –the symbol of the Soler household– and the date, 1608.

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Stand in front of the Parish Church of Sant Miquel de Rupit.How many figures are there in the façade?

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How many pinnacles can you see there?

Did you know that... The patron saint of Rupit’s parish church is Saint Michael the Archangel and for this reason the town’s Festival is on Saint Michael’s day, on September 29th.

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We now continue along Calle Manyà. Look at the house lintels and find out where a Latin inscription can be read that refers to drugs.

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What is the house number?

Which profession do you think the house was linked to?

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Priest,Shopkeeper and apothecary

Did you know that... In former days the apothecary was the pharmacist. The job of the apothecary consisted in regulating the preparation and sale of drugs, syrups, medicinal waters, ointments, cataplasms, herbs, etc.

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We are going to La Ferreria. A highlight of the old Smithy of Rupit is the lintelled door which, for its architectural singularity, has earned a reproduction at the Poble Espanyol in Barcelona.

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Do you know what the job of the blacksmith was?

A- He was the man who worked with wool to make clothes.

B- He was the man who worked with iron.

C- He was the man who worked at a market buying and selling goods to make money.

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...The Smithy dates back to 1711, when a secondborn son of the Rovira farmhouse at Pruit settled as a blacksmith, a family business that continued until 1973.

Did you know that... There were blacksmiths specialised in different tools? Blacksmiths specialized in making horseshoes were known as farriers; to horseshoe, one had to first pull out the old horseshoe, file the hooves of the horse and then forge the new horseshoe in the exact size and make the nails to hold it. There were also artistic blacksmiths who made doors, fences, iron balconies, etc.

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And attention that comes one of the most anticipated moments of the Game. You have to go to the suspension bridge.How long do you think the hanging bridge is?

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Observe at the natural environment of the riera de Rupit. Look at the trees and say some species of tree that you recognize.

C- pines and various roses from Rupit.

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B- palms.

A- avellanos, alder, elderberry and walnut.

Did you know that... This bridge was built in 1945 by the craftsmen from Rupit Francesc and Pere Rovira (blacksmiths), Salvi Vila (bricklayer) and Joaquim Marsal (cartwright) with the aim of crossing the deep stream that meanders around Rupit. Over the years, the bridge has become a great attraction of the town.

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After visiting the historic centre of Rupit, shall you come with me to the viewpoint of El Soler? Shall we walk for about 20 minutes? There are excellent views and we will discover the legend of L’Agullola… Let’s go!

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Views from the viewpoint of El Soler to Rupit and L'Agullola.

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YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE GAME! THERE IS ONE LAST STEP MISSING TO FINISH IT, THOUGHTAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY AND TAG IT ON INSTAGRAM@turisme_rupitipruit!THANKS FOR THE VISIT!WE WAIT FOR YOU AGAIN SOON!

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Texts: Anna Costa Creus Illustrations: Montserrat Guzman Vendrell.