{"id":35001,"date":"2019-04-14T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madriu-perafita-claror.ad\/patrimoni-cultural"},"modified":"2024-09-17T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T12:21:34","slug":"cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.madriu-perafita-claror.ad\/en\/cultural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CULTURAL HERITAGE<\/h2>\n

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The occupation of<\/span> the man inside the valley is concentrated in<\/span> the areas of R\u00e0mio and Entremesaig\u00fces, where the inhabitants of the last century have left us<\/span> examples representing the agricultural and livestock practices<\/strong> of the time such as<\/span> dairies, huts and terraces, and other of industrial kind such as forge and iron mines.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Historically, the economy of the valley was based on a symbiosis between agricultural, stock breeding, and iron and steel interests, which had to adapt to an adverse relief and climate. Essentially, the territory was dedicated to agriculture: the bottom of the valley was used as a cultivation area for obtaining agricultural products, both for human consumption as well as for maintaining the herds, initially sheep, then horses and later cattle. In fact, stock breeding was the other basic activity of the area. In this way, these two activities played a determining role in shaping the landscape as you can see it today, and in increasing the diversity of the environment. In short, the task of farmers and stock breeders favoured the development of some of the characteristic features of the valley that currently give it its value: the apparently random mosaics of the cultivated fields, the meadows, the pens (used in the past for cultivating cereals, vines and tobacco and also for taking the animals there to nourish them) and the remains of the shepherds\u2019 huts and the diaries that were used to control the herds and to make the most of the sheep’s wool and milk. This interaction between man and nature has, over time, led to a notable enriching of the biological diversity and also, and most particularly, of the landscape.<\/p>\n

It is easy to find remains of these practices in places that were destined to keep animals<\/strong>, such as the Pleta de l\u2019Estall Serrer and the Tancat de Graus. In this area, there are also four huts in ruins which were, in their day, shepherds\u2019 refuges. In addition to the Estall Serrer huts, there are also some at Fontverd, El Serrat de la Barracota, Setut, La Farga, Claror, Perafita and els estanys.<\/p>\n

The bordes<\/strong><\/em> (dry stone barns) are construction that supported farms away from homeowners, <\/span><\/span>providing farmers with a place where they could leave the basic requirements for working the land and at the same time, a place where to live in while working on the mountains. There are 12 still standing and identified, as well as six in ruins which are Borda Sabater (in ruins), Borda Sassanat, Borda de la Font del Bo\u00efgot, the three bordes<\/em> in Entremesaig\u00fces, the Bordes de R\u00e0mio, which are made up of a series of seven huts and four constructions in ruins, and the Borda de Fontverd, currently in ruins.[\/vc_column_text]

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