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Inside the church of Sant Cristòfol de Beget we find this exceptional 12th century polychrome walnut wood carving, about two meters high. It is a sculpture hollowed out at the back and with the legs attached and fixed by wooden pegs. During the Civil War it was saved from destruction by the residents of Beget and was sent to Switzerland, from where it returned in 1940.
Pere Sala y Solé (1917-1993) was considered the last musician without solfa in the country. His music transmitted the life and customs of the people of the Catalan-French Pyrenees. He will be remembered as a great virtuoso of the music of oral transmission. With his instrument on his back and going on foot through villages, hermitages or farmhouses, these musicians without solfa were the entertainers of major festivals, small festivals, rose gardens, gatherings, weddings and even pig slaughters. Their repertoire was a mixture of songs learned by tradition from the older ones and other more modern ones that they memorized from the dance orchestras or from the nearest gramophone and radio. In the garden of his old house we can find a monument in his memory.
Built on a hill, from Rocabruna Castle, there is a good visual control of the valley of Beget, the Alta Garrotxa and Coll de Ares, Coll Pregon and Coll de Malrem. It is an architectural complex formed by several fortified buildings surrounded by a perimeter wall that functions as a wall. It is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1070. A good part of the walls that divided the rooms that were part of the fortification can still be seen. A part of what was the chapel of the castle, a rectangular nave, a tower with a circular base and a rectangular bestorre with some loopholes are preserved. Currently the monument can be visited and has an itinerary that informs the tourist with explanatory panels and several points that act as viewpoints.
Camprodon is an ancient village located in the center of the Camprodon Valley, which is born at the confluence of the rivers Ter and Ritort and offers great mountain views of the eastern Pyrenees, Romanesque temples and modernist summer houses. With a rich commercial life, with promenades and avenues, and a wide gastronomic, sports and cultural offer, all in an incredible natural environment. The Pont Nou de Camprodon is one of the great medieval icons of the Catalan Pyrenees and the most recognizable image of the town. Although its name means "New Bridge", this magnificent stone bridge has its roots in the Middle Ages. Built between the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, it stands over the Ter River, very close to its meeting with the Ritort, marking for centuries the historic entrance to Camprodon. Its silhouette is unmistakable: a large stone arch, double slope profile and a defensive tower that preserves the old gate of Cerdanya. The road that connected the village with La Cerdanya used to pass through here, making the bridge a strategic place for travelers, merchants and inhabitants of the valley. Today, the Pont Nou is not only a work of medieval engineering; it is the sentimental symbol of Camprodon. Its presence over the river, framed by the stone houses and the Pyrenean landscape, summarizes like few other places the historical, mountainous and serene beauty of this village of Ripollès.
