La Pobla de Lillet () is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia. It is located in the upper valley of the Llobregat river and is linked to Guardiola de Berguedà by Road B-402.
The town is home to the Artigas Gardens, a park designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. Other sights include the 15th-century bridge, the Sanctuary of Falgars and remains of the late 13th-century fortress.
Transportation
The is a 600 mm gauge tourist railway that runs from the narrow gauge railway museum at La Pobla de Lillet to the cement museum at Clot del Moro.
History
Castell de Lillet is a ruined castle. The remains are located on a large rock, near the torrent of Junyent to the left of the Arija.Built in the 9th century and re-enforced in the 14th century the castle remained active till the 15th century.Castell de Lillet». Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Santandreu i Solé, M. Dolors. «Castell de Lillet». A: El Berguedà. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1985, p. 355-357 (Catalunya Romànica, XII). . On September 8, 1864 La Pobla de Lillet suffered a major flood that took away a mill and two houses and in which a four-year-old boy died.Sala i Bartés, Miquel «La riuada del 1864 a la Pobla de Lillet». L'Erol, revista comarcal del Berguedà, 8, març 1984, pàg. 42.
Festivals Easter Monday - Falgars Dance and Cinquagesma Festival 1st Sunday of October- Festa Major del Roser
References
Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. . .
External links Official website Government data pages