Day 515 - 09/02/2015 : Roda de Ter

Roda de Ter  is a tiny town in Osona shire,  on the Ter River above Sau Reservoir. Being near to Vic his population is about 6.000 inhabitant and its church, which can be observed in the picture, is dedicated to St. Peter.

The Pont Vell ("Old Bridge") is the entrance to the village crossing Ter river and giving a wonderful view of the environment with Pyrenees on the North.

The Catalan fighters against the French forces of the Bourbon Philip V of Spain are an easily overlooked local part of the European War of the Spanish Succession, but Roda was a hotbed of partisans for the unsuccessful Habsburg claimant. One of them, Francesc Macià i Ambert (died 1713), who came from Roda de Ter, is memorialized in Barcelona by a street and a metro station that bear his nom de guerre Bac de Roda.

Would you like to visit? On the way to Manlleu, when you should enjoy a special event we will be describing during the following days.