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In these images in La Vanguardia Readers’ Photos we can see the cloudy sky on a windy day, with the moon in the middle of the clouds in the bell tower of the sanctuary of Puig-Agut, in Manlleu, Osona region.
The full moon is blurred by the clouds that cover it, while the element that stands out in all the images (and in the landscape) is the sanctuary, omnipresent and unmistakable.
The Puig-agut sanctuary was the first temple of its kind in Spain to be dedicated to the Sacred Heart. Its construction was promoted at the end of the 19th century by Ramón Madirolas y Codina, an innovative farmer who promoted it from the Faro de Puig-agut magazine.
The direction of the work was carried out by the architect August Font y Carreras, who used a neo-Gothic style with some Romanesque and even neoclassical facets, inspired by the French basilica of Tarbes. After its construction was completed in 1886, the hermitage was blessed by Monsignor Josep Morgades y Gil.
The sanctuary of Puig-agut does not go unnoticed, since it is the highest point in the area (594 meters) and it is where the parishes of Torelló, Manlleu and Sescorts converge.
