Archaeological site of the Plans de Santa Caterina

The archaeological remains unearthed at Plans de Santa Caterina correspond to the Chapel of Santa Caterina and a farmhouse built next to it. Previously, between the 1st and 5th centuries CE, a probable Roman villa already existed on this site. In the medieval period, around the 13th century, the small monastery of Sant Cristòfol was built here, inhabited by a group of nuns who depended on the Seu of Manresa. In the 15th century, during the Catalan Civil War, the monastery was destroyed. In 1502, the chapel was rebuilt, now dedicated to Santa Caterina, and a farmhouse was established over the old monastery. The complex was abandoned at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1839, the Santa Caterina Artillery Tower was built (located about 400 m to the northeast). It seems it was constructed with re-purposed stones from the ruined farmhouse and chapel, whose traces were lost over the years until they were rediscovered and, between 2020 and 2024, became the subject of an archaeological excavation.