https://xavieraragones.com https://xavieraragones.com https://xavieraragones.com/storage/custom/Array en (cc) Xavier Aragonès <p class="excerpt"> The La Panadella pass, 710 meters up in the Barcelona municipality of Montmaneu, belongs to that select group of places that have somehow held onto a strategic role for centuries. Back in the 8th century it saw clashes between Christians...</p> Continue Reading]]> ]]>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/parada-i-fonda-a-la-panadellahttps://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/parada-i-fonda-a-la-panadella<p class="excerpt"> We had set our sights on an abandoned country house. As we got there, though, we met some tenants who kept a small vegetable garden and a junkyard with several old cars that the landowner had bought to strip or restore. The tenants were...</p> Continue Reading]]> ]]>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/r-o-w-2010https://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/r-o-w-2010<p class="excerpt"> “Ain’t no castle strong enough to save us from death” . One day, all of a sudden, the distinguished residents of this castle locked it up, left and never came back. Since then it has remained unconnected to everything happening...</p> Continue Reading]]> ]]>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/no-hi-ha-castell-prou-fort-2010https://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/no-hi-ha-castell-prou-fort-2010<p class="excerpt"> One of the most bewildering episodes of my childhood took place the day our summer camp sent us on a trip to a pseudo-bullfighting show at a tourist venue (yes, these things were considered normal in 1980s Spain). Over the following two...</p> Continue Reading]]> ]]>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/turismo-canihttps://xavieraragones.com/en/blog/turismo-cani