Discover Monnars: Circular Walk, Building History and Planned Festival Date

Monnars combines a circular walk with religious significance, Roman building history and historic architectural details. If you choose a holiday apartment in Monnars or a holiday house in Monnars, these different themes may play a role in planning your trip.

Circular Walk and Holiday Apartment in Monnars

The official La Móra–Escorpí–Monnars–Llarga beach route is a circular walk. It begins at the Barranc de la Mora. The circular walk can therefore serve as a particular point of interest in its own right, alongside Monnars’s historic sites and buildings. The route remains an independent aspect and complements the area’s cultural themes with a trail that has a defined starting point.

Parish Church and Roman Quarry

The parish church of Monnars is dedicated to Sant Cosme i Sant Damià. The nearby Roman quarry, Pedrera de El Mèdol, supplied Tarraco with stone. Monnars therefore brings together two historical references: the religious dedication of a parish church and the Roman use of a quarry to supply Tarraco with building material. This connection extends from local religious history to the Roman building history of Tarraco.

Mas Rabassa: Dates on the Portal and Window

Several dates are associated with the farmhouse Mas Rabassa. The farmhouse dates from the 18th century; the main portal bears the year 1778, and one window bears the year 1791. The main building is attached to an old defensive tower that probably dates from the 16th or 17th century. The precise years belong to the portal and window, while the probable century range concerns the defensive tower. This keeps the chronological attributions tied to their respective architectural elements and avoids assigning a single date to the entire building.

Defensive Tower and Paintings at Ca Madró

A rectangular defensive tower is attached to Ca Madró de Monnars and retains two machicolations. Machicolations are openings in a defensive tower; here, the technical term refers to preserved structural details of the defensive architecture of Ca Madró de Monnars. Ca Madró de Monnars also contains Gothic paintings that probably date from the 14th century. The defensive tower and the paintings thus offer two different perspectives on Ca Madró de Monnars: one architectural and the other art-historical. The probable dating of the paintings remains preserved as a chronological classification.

A Planned Festival Date in Molnàs–Solimar

A separate time reference is provided by the Molnàs–Solimar neighborhood festival. It is scheduled to take place from September 25, 2026, to September 27, 2026, and is intended to revive earlier celebrations that once took place in the area. The planned date belongs to 2026, while the celebrations it is intended to revive took place in the past. The fixed period and the reference to earlier celebrations give the festival two clearly separate time references.

More places to discover: La Mòra, Torreforta, Tamarit.

For the broader travel overview: Tarragona.