Beyond its volcanoes, Olot boasts a cultural, artistic and industrial heritage that you can discover whenever you want.
Visit the Trincheria House Museum, one of the most important ancestral homes in Olot, located at no. 29, Carrer de Sant Esteve. The house-museum is quintessential of how a well-off family lived in the first half of the 18th-century.
The Cloister of the former Carmen Convent in Olot, located at no. 3, Carrer Padre Antoni Soler, is a formation of impressive Renaissance galleries that is of the most unique and symmetrical in the whole of Catalonia.
The Malagrida neighbourhood (L’Eixample Malagrida in Catalan) is the most emblematic urban treasure in Olot. Built between 1916 and 1925, it is an example of the Noucentista “garden city” movement that took hold in the early 20th century.
The Mare de Déu de Tura Church is highly significant to the city of Olot. Its origins can be traced back to the 9th century, and over its lifetime the building has been reconstructed and reformed several times, while also managing to withstand a great deal of adversity.
The Parish Church of Sant Esteve, a Cultural Site of National Interest located in Olot’s Plaça del Rector Ferrer, boasts a rich history that dates back to 846.
The Garrotxa area boasts a unique volcanic landscape of outstanding environmental significance with its own distinct character. Over 45 volcanic cones and 20 lava flow formations have helped to forge the landscape and character of the region.
Olot is a city brimming with art and creativity. The Olot School of Landscape Painting and Olot School of Art are benchmarks in the world of art and design, with a long-running history and great deal of prestige.
Modernism is a cultural, literary and artistic movement that emerged during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and swept throughout the whole of Western society. In Catalonia, however, Modernism (or Modernisme in Catalan) became a broader movement that also came to encompass politics and the economy, giving rise to what is now known specifically as “Catalan Modernism”.
The Museum of the Saints in Olot is a unique space that allows us to delve into the city’s rich history of religious imagery production.
The Baroque was a cultural movement that emerged in the late 17th- and early 18th-centuries, and which left a strong imprint on Olot.
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RCR Arquitectes is an architecture studio founded in Olot in 1998 by the architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta.
Olot’s material heritage is the result of its long history, in which religious art and the construction of churches played a central role.
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