Discover Cubells: churches, views and cultural heritage
Accommodation in Cubells
Cubells combines architectural heritage with viewpoints, traces of past uses and recurring events. If you’re looking for a hotel for a stay in Cubells, you can plan around the themes that interest you most: churches, historic buildings, local products or walking routes. Some of the places described lie outside the town centre: Pugis is an abandoned settlement outside the centre, while Torre de Fluvià is a small hamlet southeast of Cubells.
Churches, the castle precinct and viewpoints
Santa Maria del Castell is the only surviving building from Cubells’ former castle precinct. It stands at the highest point of the town and offers a viewpoint over the Ribera de Sió and the Pla d’Urgell. Here, you can experience two aspects at once: the history of the former castle precinct and views across these landscapes.
Sant Pere is also notable for its architectural history. The church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. It still houses the Romanesque, polychrome wooden statue of the Mare de Déu de l’Esperança. Its furnishings also include a polychrome pulpit in a fully developed Gothic style. The church thus brings together different art-historical features that can be seen within the same building.
Sant Miquel offers a different architectural accent: the small chapel dates from the 13th century and has a rectangular floor plan and a semicircular apse. Its nave is covered by a pointed barrel vault. These details give you a concrete sense of how the architecture of Sant Miquel differs from the transitional style described at Sant Pere.
Historic buildings and places in the municipality
The Pou de Glaç is a stone ice house in the upper part of Cubells. Its dimensions are given as approximately 9 to 11 metres in height and 6 to 9 metres in diameter. The Teuleria has different features: the brickworks has a square floor plan and a collapsed roof. The remains of the surrounding buildings were probably used for storage.
In the abandoned settlement of Pugis, outside the town centre, are the Romanesque ruins of the church of Sant Bartomeu de Pugis. Only the apse and part of the nave remain. Torre de FluviĂ lies southeast of Cubells and is a small hamlet within the municipality. The church there, dedicated to Saint Salvador, has Romanesque origins and stands on the slope of a hill. These places add further, clearly identified examples of local heritage to the churches and buildings in the town.
Seasonal events and local products
Cubells’ Mercat de Nadal takes place every year on the Saturday before Christmas. It features stalls selling crafts, food and products from the surrounding area. As the exact date and programme may vary from year to year and the market is seasonal, check the details for the edition taking place during your trip.
Olive oil is also a local product: it is made by a cooperative in Cubells and can be tasted during a visit to the town. If you plan to make a tasting a fixed part of your stay, check the arrangements in advance.
Health routes and possible destinations
The health routes described in 2019 comprised eight trails. Three ran entirely within Cubells, and one went as far as Torre de Fluvià within the municipality. Sant Miquel, Sant Pere and the Pou de Gel are named as notable points along the routes. The trails thus connect several of the sights described here, although they do not all follow the same route. If you’re planning a walk, check the latest route information: the routes and signage may have changed since they were described.
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