The best walks and hikes around Fonollosa

On January 22, 1939, Franco's troops occupied the summit of Cal Xamal, where General García Valiño installed the major plain, and deployed to the upper part of Pla de Fals. Some rudimentary coats that the soldiers made to spend the night can still be found. On the morning of the 23rd, the soldiers began to advance through the Plan, surrounding the group of houses in the Raval d'Oliveres. A republican machine gun, installed at the top of La Torra (see photo above), fired, while another fired from the corner of the boulder. Artillery responded and destroyed part of the construction. The machine gunners withdrew in the direction of Manresa. On the other side of Pla de Fals, on an elevated point in Les Costetes, another machine gun was placed there, which killed a non-commissioned officer of the nationals. In retaliation, the machine gun soldiers were shot. The next day, the owner of Grauet found the bodies of seven soldiers, and a patrol hung them all together. Because the grave was shallow, animals and rains soon uncovered some of the remains, and even today scattered bones of the soldiers are found. Since then, the place has been known as the "Plan of the Dead".

The Sagimona Tower, also known as "La Torra", is a square-plan farmhouse, covered on four sides and with ridges parallel to the facades. Although it is probably a work of the 17th century, much reformed in the 18th century, it was built next to an old medieval tower of the 11th century. This tower was probably a keep of the neighboring castle of Fals, built to control access through the corner of Pla de Fals and to protect the path from Fals to Rajadell. The tower is cylindrical, with an external diameter of 5.85m and a height of 14.25 metres. Surely, the people of Torreda should acquire rights over the land that surrounded it until it became a prosperous farm, which made the construction of the farmhouse possible. A set of 10 tubs are located on the west side of the building.

Hut cataloged with code: 6009 Construction type: Isolated aerial Orientation: Est Plant shape: Circular plant InfoType of door: Flat lintel InfoType of cover: False dome Condition: Perfect condition Restored: No Built on a small hill. Disused vineyard shed. Dateable 19th century. Cultivation of the dryland cereal zone. Interior with what could be a small fireplace.

Hut cataloged with the code: 5918 Construction type: Isolated aerial Orientation: Est Plant shape: Circular plant InfoType of door: Flat lintel InfoType of cover: False dome Condition: Perfect Restored state: No Disused vineyard shed. Dateable 19th century. Cultivation of the dryland cereal zone. Highlight the caramel.

Small fountain located in the vicinity of the Mas Massana, in the middle of a pine forest. As a built element, it is a small fountain built at the ground level on a small concrete pond that collects water from the fountain and drains it into a small channel.

Collbaix is a 543 meter peak, located in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada. It is the highest in the district of Manresa, to the west of Pla de Bages, which has an excellent observation point. It is listed as a large park by the Planning Plan of Manresa. The mountain is located between the streams of Rajadell and Fonollosa. The south side belongs to Manresa, the east to Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, where the town's expansion area is located. Rajadell has the area of Punta Sabata and Fonollosa with most of the summit, the west and the obac slope. Collbaix originated from the erosion of the surrounding land. A resistant layer of conglomerates protects the flat top from erosion, forming a plateau. The summit is made up of large blocks of stone separated from each other. At the top we can find a geodesic vertex (reference 280109001) A metal table with an engraved map of the region. This peak is included in the list of the 100 peaks of the FEEC.

The tubs are constructions that have very similar characteristics. Its exterior plan can be quadrangular or circular, but the interior structure is basically the same. The lower part of it is made with stone and mortar. The interior is usually circular, and is covered with varnished ceramic pieces. Then, as an extension of the tub, some dry stone walls were built that gave its square or circular outer structure, where an opening was built. The roof is usually formed by a conical vault of dry stone covered with earth to make it waterproof. The vat usually has an upper access from where the must was poured once pressed, and at the bottom were the spouts through which it was emptied. Sometimes they have an attached hut that closes the access to the tub from the bottom and can also be used to store tools. In the area of Sant Joan de Vilatorrada and Sant Martí de Torruella some tubs are preserved as isolated architectural elements, in some cases it is simply the tub without any other element in the middle of a field. On other occasions it is a group of tubs (three or four) to which a hut has been added at the foot of each tub.

The Torres de Fals is a really interesting place. It is formed by the remains of the old castle of the town of Fals. There are two towers and a church separated from the town by a ravine.