Osor
Osor is located in the middle of a valley surrounded by mountains, hills and the neighbouring towns of Anglès, Sant Hilari and Santa Coloma de Farners. Both the Ter River and the Osor Stream flow through this municipality, making it an area of great scenic and natural beauty.
The town of Osor is made up of cobbled streets, lanes and squares full of history, modernity and the Baroque style of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Examples of this architectural heritage include Can Roure, a house with a pretty Gothic window and a voussoired doorway, Can Margarits, with an ogee arch window, or Can Casamitjana, which is one of the few buildings that preserves its wooden long balcony.
It’s also worth highlighting the mediaeval bridges that connect the two sides of the town: the Can Vidal Bridge and the Pont Vell (Old Bridge), a cobbled bridge in the Romanesque style that crosses over the Osor stream. It’s one of the town’s most photographed landmarks.
One of the other main landmarks is the Parish Church of Sant Pere. Dating from 922, it conserves its original southern arm and an ancient window in the Romanesque style. The building we see today dates from the baroque period. It has a rectangular floor plan with a central nave and four chapels. The exterior is notable for its façade with a segmental-arch doorway and two oeil-de-boeuf (oval) windows, and for the bell tower that crowns the building in the tallest section.
A stroll around the town as far as the 18th-century Borrell Fountain, from which cool water spouts in the shade of the trees, is highly recommended. Osor is also a great place for hiking and mountain biking.
The town of Osor is made up of cobbled streets, lanes and squares full of history, modernity and the Baroque style of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Examples of this architectural heritage include Can Roure, a house with a pretty Gothic window and a voussoired doorway, Can Margarits, with an ogee arch window, or Can Casamitjana, which is one of the few buildings that preserves its wooden long balcony.
It’s also worth highlighting the mediaeval bridges that connect the two sides of the town: the Can Vidal Bridge and the Pont Vell (Old Bridge), a cobbled bridge in the Romanesque style that crosses over the Osor stream. It’s one of the town’s most photographed landmarks.
One of the other main landmarks is the Parish Church of Sant Pere. Dating from 922, it conserves its original southern arm and an ancient window in the Romanesque style. The building we see today dates from the baroque period. It has a rectangular floor plan with a central nave and four chapels. The exterior is notable for its façade with a segmental-arch doorway and two oeil-de-boeuf (oval) windows, and for the bell tower that crowns the building in the tallest section.
A stroll around the town as far as the 18th-century Borrell Fountain, from which cool water spouts in the shade of the trees, is highly recommended. Osor is also a great place for hiking and mountain biking.
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