G�sol, Lleida
The village of
G�sol is located at the northwest of the region of Bergued� in
Catalonia (
Spain), (The
Pyrenees in
Lleida province).
G�sol belongs to natural park: Cad�-Moixer�.
G�sol is reached by the road B-400 that leaves "El Collet" at kilometre 112,9 of the local road from Abrera to Bellver de Cerdanya (Llobregat axis: old C-1411 and at the moment C-16/E-9). Exit a road asphalted recently in the section comprised betwen Tuix�n and G�sol (C-563).
We arrive at G�sol too, coming from: St Lloren� de Morunys (by La Coma and La Pedra), by El Port del Compte (coming from Solsona) and coming from La Seu d'Urgell. By these three routes we pass unavoidably by the villages of Tuix�n and Josa del Cad�.
- Chamois
- Black peas
- Squared corn
- Masked Potatoes
- Garlic mayonnaise typical of pig-killing
- Calf with mushroom
- Wild boar
Other Information
- Day 15 August, G�sol celebrates the local festivities. There is a dance typical: El ball de les cosses.
- Day 20 July is the patron saint of G�sol: Saint Margaret.
- The festivity of to reap (generally, the second saturday of August) is a tribute to works of ancestors of the village. People in the celebration use the equipment used at that time (at the beginning of the 20th century).
- Legend says that the night of Saint Silvester (31 December), witches are met in the massif of Pedraforca.
- Day 31 October is the fair of All Saints (there is sale and exposure of livestock).
- In Pentecost people of G�sol sings Caramellas (popular songs).
Gosol's emblematic cultural symbol is the Picasso Museum, which owes its existence to the visit of the painter
Pablo Picasso to the village in the spring of the year
1906 and which lasted until the first half of August. The artist installed himself at the only inn which then existed, Cal Tampanada, at that time the property of Josep Fontdevila. In G�sol, Picasso underwent a transformation and during this period changed his palette, his sketching style and his rhythm of composition. His models were Fernande Olivier (his partner at the time), the village, the people of the area, the cows and the horses.
Year 2006: centenary of Pablo Picasso's stay in G�sol.
Doctor Agust� Pedro i Pons stayed in G�sol a long time.
The village of Sorribes (2 kms from G�sol) belong to district of G�sol. Every year there is the mountain biking tour between G�sol and Berga.
Annually, one weekend of the month of July there is a popular truckload around G�sol.
Also it organize the route of reapers of G�sol (from G�sol to Bellver de Cerdanya by the mountain range of Cad�).