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In the Sant Llorenç del Munt massif, between the Can Pobla farmhouse and the top of La Mola, we find these two curious perforated stones known as Les Atalaies.
These rocks are the result of erosion and these two needles have been separated by a few centimeters from the wall and their effect is purely one of balance, as seen in these photographs in La Vanguardia’s Readers’ Photos.
On the route to these stones we come across Can Pobla, at the foot of the monastery of Sant Llorenç del Munt, at elevation 850. Of the different buildings, the Quadras family residence and the Sant Esteve chapel, attached to the house, stand out. The rest are complementary buildings and farmhouses, one of which had been a restaurant for a few years.
Another attraction of the excursion is the views of La Mola, 1104 meters high. This summit is where the 11th century Romanesque monastery of Sant Llorenç de Munt is located, which was abandoned at the beginning of the 17th century and looted by Napoleon’s army in 1809.
At the beginning of one of the traditional access roads to La Mola we also discover the natural monolith – a rocky block of homogeneous composition – of Cavall Bernat, at 801 meters of altitude. It is included in the Inventory of Areas of Geological Interest in Catalonia.
La Mola, whose name literally means “the table”, is integrated into the pre-coastal mountain range, between the Arenes stream and the Ripoll river. It separates the Llobregat and Besòs basins.
