The Guilleries Massif (

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''Les Guilleries'') is a mountain system located at the apex of the

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and the Pre-Coastal Range. The highest point of the range is

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or Sant Miquel de les Formigues (1.204 m), other main peaks are Turó del Faig Verd (1,187 m), Rocallarga (1,187 m), Sant Benet (1,149 m),

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(1,111 m), Sant Gregori (1 ,094 m), Montdois (930 m), L'Agullola (921 m) and Turó del Castell (851 m) The Guilleries is one of the few places in the

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where

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facies conditions are found. The

Pantà de Susqueda Susqueda Reservoir ( ca, Pantà de Susqueda; es, Embalse de Susqueda) is a reservoir located on the Ter river, near Osor, Catalonia, Spain. The dam is located in Osor while the main water body is within the boundaries of Susqueda and Sant Hilari S ...

and

Pantà de Sau Sau Reservoir ( ca, Pantà de Sau) is a reservoir located on the Ter river, near Vilanova de Sau, Catalonia, Spain. The dam was completed in 1962, creating a reservoir with a storage capacity of 151.3 hm³ that covered the former town of Sant Rom� ...

reservoirs, of great importance for

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metropolitan

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, are located in the Guilleries area. These mountains were notorious in former times for being a haunt of

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and highwaymen.Revista Els Cingles n 17. - Serrallonga, Bandoler de les Guilleries
/ref> The main towns in the Guilleries area are

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Susqueda Susqueda is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Guilleries Massif area, on the left bank of the Ter river in the north-west of the ''comarca''. The Susqueda reservoir is on the municipal territ ...

Vilanova de Sau Vilanova de Sau is a town in the ''comarca'' of the Osona in Catalonia, eastern Spain. It is situated in the valley called Sau. The Ter river runs through the valley, now dammed into Pantà de Sau, a reservoir which is in the municipal territory ...

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, Espinelves and Viladrau.

References

External links

Web de l'Espai Natural de les Guilleries-SavassonaEspai Natural de les Guilleries-Savassona - ImagesGeozona 351 Guilleries (Pasteral – Susqueda)
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Els boscos de bandolers i bruixes es converteixen en un reclam turístic
Mountains of Catalonia