Lluçà () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
''comarca'' of
Lluçanès in
Catalonia
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, Spain. It is subdivided into the town of , and the much smaller village of Lluçà. This village, prominent because of its monastery, gives its name to the surrounding natural comarca of
Lluçanès.
In 2015, the municipality voted to join a proposed new comarca of
Lluçanès, but the plan was put on hold due to insufficient support. Formerly part of
Osona
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, it was finally incorporated into the new
Lluçanès ''
comarca
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'' in 2023.
History
Lluçà was part of the
County of Roussillon
The County of Roussillon (, , ) was one of the Catalan counties in the Marca Hispanica during the Middle Ages. The rulers of the county were the counts of Roussillon, whose interests lay both north and south of the Pyrenees.
The historic cou ...
area and governed by the
Counts of Roussillon during the 6th and 7th centuries. Throughout the end of the 8th century and the middle of the twelfth century, Lluçà was governed by various
Counts of Barcelona
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.
Demography
Sites of interest
*Remains of the Castle of Lluçà
*
Romanesque hermitage of Sant Vicenç del Castell. A circular building with a hemispherical vault and small apse. Documented since 988, the present structure dates from the 11th and 12th centuries.
*Monastery of Santa Maria de Lluçà. A Romanesque church with
Gothic murals.
References
* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).
External links
Town websiteGovernment data pages
Municipalities in Osona
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