Sanctuary
The Sanctuary of Pinós is located a few metres away from the geographic centre of Catalonia. A privileged lookout towards North and South, this spot at 900 metres of altitude “in the middle of nothing and everything” is, nowadays, still a place of pilgrimage. The ways have changes, but the devotees that centuries ago headed there to hear mass, have become, today, motorcyclists and cyclists that have a generous breakfast at the oldest inn of Catalonia, that has never stopped serving, since its opening in 1524.
Built in 1312 by the Knights Templar, the administration of the sanctuary soon arrived to hospitable hands. The temple, of Gothic style, has a restrained façade with a pediment held by two grooved columns. Aside from the restaurant, next to the church there are the quarters that were used to host the pilgrims and that nowadays are the town hall. Of the Baroque altarpiece, disappeared during the Spanish Civil War, remain the board of the discovery of the Virgin, as well as the polychromatic Madonna, located at the camarín.
