Much marketing, well-placed shops, narrower nougat bars, the touch of Albert Adrià from Bulli, and a plethora of references have revolutionized the nougat tradition in Agramunt, expanding and destacionalizing nougat consumption worldwide.
In their store in Agramunt, we can buy freshly made nougats by weight from the workshop, which are much more flavorful.
Personally, my favorites for Christmas are the traditional ones; the others tend to overwhelm me as they have very strong flavors.
The Espai Guinovart is my favorite place in Agramunt. The building and the work are in perfect harmony. The people who manage the museum convey their enthusiasm for the work with great passion.
Josep Guinovart spent part of the Civil War in the village of his mother, Agramunt, where he lived in a cabin while fleeing from the bombings. This fact links his work significantly to the rural environment and Agramunt.
The passage of time associated with the era where wheat is threshed in summer.
A central oak tree that links with the constellations of the Milky Way, surrounded by the consequences of the Spanish Civil War in the lands of Agramunt.
The color changes that occur in the plain of Lleida are remarkable, from the cultivated fields where poppies emerge to the bare lands and fog.
Convent destroyed by the war, rebuilt by the Devastated Regions organization and converted into a market, it was remodeled in 1990 to house the Espai Guinovart.
Xolocala Jolonch, which has been manufacturing cocoa tablets to melt and stone chocolate by hand since 1770, has a shop with a cafeteria in its old factory in the Pou square of Agramunt.
The cafeteria is fantastic, with a huge outdoor terrace with swings and parking.
The product is excellent. Personally, I opt for the black hot chocolate with pepper and some churros. The best chocolate I've ever tasted.
It seems to be that in 1940 when Lluís Companys was murdered, his last will was a piece of xocolata Jolonch.
The Almenara pillar is a Christian watchtower built shortly after the reconquest on the Bellmunt-Almenara mountain range.
The 15 meter high tower has free access, it is entered by going up an external spiral staircase that leads to two flights of internal metallic and vertical stairs. Going up can become a little adventure.
At the top, a terrace 7 meters in diameter, without railings, which with only about 100 meters above the horizon becomes a fantastic viewpoint over the Urgell plain. With good binoculars it allows us to see a lot of places, such as the Cargol tower, another watchtower located in the Sierra de la Força, in the municipality of Ponts.
A few meters to the east we have the Romanesque church of Sant Vivenç plundered by Republican soldiers to make machine gun nests in the area during the Civil War.
In the photos you can see graffitis, something classic in heritage with free access. As in other spaces, access will end up being restricted. A pity.
I think it is an ideal place to go to see sunsets with good binoculars. We have gone too early and with haze.
Pilar de Almenara is part of the natural space of the Sierra de Bellmunt, where you can see little bustards, dukes, barn owls, lovebirds, blue jays and hawks.
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