Getting to know Valls through what its streets and walls have lived
Can you imagine what the first inhabitants of the Alt Camp were like? Have you ever thought about how the first calçotada came about? Do you know which illustrious figures have come from these lands of the Costa Daurada?
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The Camins Km.0 project presents a host of routes, both through the historic centre and around Valls, that will lead us to places and corners where we can learn and understand. Accompanied by guides, this task will be both entertaining and interesting, and we will pay attention to details we may have seen before but overlooked despite their importance. You will find out who Xat de Benaiges was, considered the 'inventor' of calçots and quite an 'influencer' given the ritual around every calçotada! You will also learn how the farming and bourgeois families of Valls lived at the end of the 19th century, at a time of artistic and cultural change when Modernisme and Noucentisme, both present in the town, were reaching their peak.
If you enjoy walks, history, wine tourism and nature, the eco wine tourism route will thrill you. You can also find out what life was like on a farm in the area that would later be called the Alt Camp, around the 3rd century BC. All of these are the so-called Km 0 path routes, where you will discover plenty of things!
Valls has been shaped over time by events and, of course, by its inhabitants. Often anonymous people who have played a part, one way or another, in what Valls is today, but also many illustrious figures who have marked its pulse, led a change or accompanied the daily life of the town artistically. In this sense, the old quarter of Valls lets you discover the work and legacy of painters such as Jaume Huguet and Jaume Mercadé Queralt, the mayor and commander Pere Antoni Veciana, the sculptor Lluís Bonifàs i Massó, the writer Narcís Oller i de Moragas, the nun Mare Maria Güell Puig, the composers Jaume Casellas Genovart and Robert Gerhard, the politician and publisher Manuel González Alba and the photographer Pere Català Pic.
An essential stop for art lovers is the Museu de Valls which, with one of the best art collections in Catalonia, houses a collection of Catalan art from the last 120 years that will surprise you.
Other routes will take you closer to the symbols and curiosities of the town: you can visit the tallest bell tower in Catalonia, learn all the details of the thrilling castellers world (human towers), declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, discover hidden underground spaces such as the Gothic Hall of Ca Segarra or the air-raid shelters, stroll through the Jewish quarter, enjoy the stories and legends of the town or, among other things, visit Valls's centuries-old shops.
A handful of routes that bring us closer to the past and explain the present, all with pleasant walks through various settings full of history and stories from this inland town of the Costa Daurada.