ABBEY PALACE AND INTERPRETATION CENTRE
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The Abbey Palace houses the interpretation center dedicated to the myth of Count Arnau, an important figure in the history of the city.
Formerly linked to the Monastery via the Gothic cloister, the Abbey Palace was built between the 13th and 15th centuries and was the personal residence of the Abbot of Sant Joan. It became the property of the State in 1835 and was used for many purposes until the 20th century: prison, court, school, housing and even as a provisional seat of the municipality. The architect Josep Riera proposed a rehabilitation plan in 1933, but its impetus was cut off by the outbreak of the Civil War, postponing work until the 1980s. The bulk of the restoration work was carried out in 2009-2010, allowing the town's tourist office to set up its offices there. We can now appreciate the medieval structure very well developed, and visit the various spaces: an exhibition room of contemporary art, another featuring a courtroom of the nineteenth century, another finally exposing beautiful models of churches and ancient monuments in the region. But the most remarkable is undoubtedly the very modern interpretation centre dedicated to the myth of Count Arnau, an important figure in the history of the city, inaugurated in 2010. Through different themes - history, music and popular songs, literature - a portrait of this powerful and unloved character is drawn, who gave birth to so many legends and stories, each one more outlandish than the last. And which each year gives rise to a great festive moment.
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