Manresa

Manresa is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, positioned inside the geographic centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by means of the river Cardener. It is an business area with fabric, metallurgical, and glass industries. The homes of Manresa are organized around the basilica of Santa Maria de la Seu. Saint Ignatius of Loyola stopped to hope within the metropolis on his way again from Montserrat in 1522. He additionally study in solitude in a cave near the town for a year, which contributed to the formulation of his Spiritual Exercises. As such, the town is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics.

It is assumed the comarcal call "Bages" comes from a corruption of the Latin "Bacchus" because of the good sized production of wine within the vicinity. The wine changed into grown especially in terraced vineyards, and a lot of those vintage terraces can be seen nowadays. Wine ceased to be the primary made of the area as a result of phylloxera, however remains a very vital a part of the Manresa/Bages economic system. During the Napoleonic invasion, the volunteer troops of Manresa defeated the French troops in the Bruch Pass,however the taking flight French burned and demolished much of the metropolis. After the expulsion of Napoleon's troops, Manresans rebuilt the city the use of the rubble.