{"id":5965,"date":"2013-10-27T19:19:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T19:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/?page_id=5965"},"modified":"2019-03-07T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T09:09:25","slug":"ecomuseum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/ecomuseum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecomuseum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1739&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"moianesmes.cat\/en\/ecomuseum\/places-to-visit-with-in-the-ecomuseum\/\">BRANCHES OF THE ECOMUSEUM<\/a><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Veure el patrimoni en el seu lloc original.&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Moian\u00e8s Ecomuseum\u00a0 is a cross-sectoral and territorial project that aims to enhance the heritage existing in the Moian\u00e8s region, turning it into a tourist cultural, environmental, economic and social product, in order to bring economic activity and new jobs to the 10 municipalities of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a small geographical area, the Moian\u00e8s region reflects all the economical activities and pre-industrial processes that the country went through in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and we can learn about it in a rounder and more comprehensive way through the Ecomuseum with its 300 km<sup>2<\/sup>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 radial spaces that can be museumized. Each of them will be located in a town within the Moian\u00e8s region and will represent a different theme within the pre-industrial period of the area.<\/li>\n<li>More than 100 places open to visitors where one can see the different aspects of the social and economic history and of the pre-industrial activities of the area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main areas which form the thematic strand of the different branches and configure the Ecomuseum are:[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion style=&#8221;flat&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; spacing=&#8221;25&#8243; gap=&#8221;25&#8243; active_section=&#8221;&#8221; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Exploitation of forest resources. Castellcir&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244539332-cad4795e-ef8d&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>For centuries, the forest has been the basis of traditional economy. More than sixty different trades have derived from this activity. In the branch museum of Castellcir, we can learn about some of these trades and in turn, we can discover the self-sufficiency of a very unique house: the<em> Esplugues<\/em> house: wood, coal, mushrooms, medicinal plants, preservation of food, etc. The aim of this branch is to show the different ways of exploiting the forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Esplugues, located in the outskirts of Castellcir, can already be visited. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Exploitation of water power. Calders&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244539370-6ed577c4-32fa&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">Water is still one of the main sources of power. Despite its small and irregular rivers, in Catalonia these resources have all been fully exploited. In the branch museum of Calders, located in the company town Jorba, one can see the transformation from the pre-industrial exploitation (mills, tanneries\u2026) to the more modern world (electricity generation, company towns\u2026).<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Water transformation cycle. Castellter\u00e7ol&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244650443-d4ee8694-c25c&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>One of the most original transformations of water in the pre-industrial period was turning it into ice. The Moian\u00e8s region has historically been the most important region in the Mediterranean devoted to this activity, both for its volume and social impact. Castellter\u00e7ol, in particular, was the town responsible for the sale and production of ice. And it is here where we still can see the greatest number of ice wells, pools, loaders, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The ice production acquired a great importance in the Moian\u00e8s region, due to its climate and its proximity to Barcelona. During the 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries, many ice wells were built. These wells, called \u201cpou\u201d or \u201cpoua de gla\u00e7\u201d in Catalan, are generally cylindrical cavities topped by oval domes, made of stones or bricks. They were built beside the rivers and, during the cold season\u00a0 (from the end of December to mid February), they were filled with ice, alternating layers of ice and some insulating material such as hay, which also helped to keep the layers separated. The main customers were fishmonger\u2019s shops, hospitals, chemist\u2019s shops and ice cream manufacturers. The ice industry created around the well employed a large number of workers in the winter season, when agricultural work and ice well employment added up. In the region of Moian\u00e8s there are about fifty ice wells and, despite not being currently in use, their restoration is of great archaeological interest. In this centre, we can visit the <em>Poues de la Ginebreda<\/em>, go into ice well number 3, recently restored and part of the Ecomuseum. We can also learn what it looked like, how people worked, sold the ice\u2026 <strong>or visit the chapel of <em>Sant Gaiet\u00e0<\/em>, dedicated to the only Guild of ice well workers that has ever existed in Catalonia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this branch of Ecomuseum, located on the road from Moi\u00e0 to Castellter\u00e7ol, you can visit ice well number 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Transformation of soil. Sant Quirze Safaja&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244676172-0cd48dc6-70e5&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Water and soil are the most usual and necessary elements in the pre-industrial society. Its mixture makes it possible to handle and transform soil into an essential material. In the branch of Sant Quirze Safaja, we can see the traditional manufacturing of tiles, roof tiles, clay bricks and the way a tile factory worked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Stone production and exploitation. Monistrol de Calders&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244705026-e1dd5ead-f3e7&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Another element intensively used in Catalonia before industrialization was the stone. In the branch museum of Monistrol, we can to learn about the technical and historical quarry exploitation, discover the cold stone traditional technique (huts, dry stone walling, wells, etc.) and get to know about its use according to its origins and features.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Water mills. Moi\u00e0&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244789579-92b17bf6-9c57&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Mills were the basis of the pre-industrial industry because it was there where people had to make business deals and where most of the social and communication interaction occurred, and also bearing in mind that mills preserved the oldest technical traditions. In Moi\u00e0 we can learn about traditional water mills and their working order, along with the mill worker\u2019s job, and the products manufactured. There is also information about the currently preserved mills which can be visited, as well as about the transition from water mills to modern industrial flour mills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;From traditional manufacturing to modern textile industry. Santa Maria d\u2019Ol\u00f3&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244825617-228a013e-eaca&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Catalonia has always been a country with a remarkable textile industry. In the past, farmers also used to carry out activities related to the pre-industrial textile manufacturing, mainly cultivation and spinning of flax and hemp. The Santa Maria d\u2019Ol\u00f3 branch museum exhibits these household textile activities, and particularly the transition to modern cotton textile industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;The old transport and communication systems. Collsuspina&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244852106-d171c4d8-7d7a&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>In any period of history, societies have had the need to travel and communicate. In the pre-industrial period, this need grew considerably with the establishment of economic and social relations which were essential for the ensuing development. In Collsuspina, the visitor will discover how the village itself developed around the highroad, what this kind of road was like, how important inns were, what the means of communication were, what jobs were generated by the vicinity of the highroad, which later became a main road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;The power of water and soil. L&#8217;Estany&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244873023-7b3d5ae4-4daa&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>In l\u2019Estany, with its magnificent and unique Romanesque monastery, the visitor will be able to discover the connection between man and earth, by means of the intervention of the Church. The economic power relies on the control of the resources and means of production. The village, which takes its name after a lake, preserves important architectural remains which allow the visitor to find out and appreciate these conditions and, as a whole, what the force of the elements was and who was in control of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0In L\u2019Estany we can visit the monastery and the mines<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Exploitation of animal resources. Granera&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1550244896248-689afef7-fece&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>In traditional economies, the full use of all the resources was essential in order to survive. While in other branches of the Ecomuseum we can learn about the use of resources from forest, soil, water, etc., in Granera we will discover about all the occupations and activities related to the exploitation of regional animal resources: from grazing animals, to game hunting, fishing and the use of leather and animal horn, bearing in mind the distinctive grazing, hunting and fishing methods that were used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]The Moian\u00e8s Ecomuseum groups the 10 towns. The aim of this project is to offer, from the 10 museum branches or theme museums, more than 100 places to be visited related to the pre-industrial activities, all unique and typical of the Moian\u00e8s: ice wells, lime kilns, wells, quarries, tile factories, vats, coal bunkers, paths, etc. and also their contribution towards modern industrialization. The central part of the Moian\u00e8s Ecomuseum project is the diffusion and restoration of the heritage of the region.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation of routes, exhibitions, meetings, research, museumized spaces, the publication of guidebooks and other written material make it possible to show the values on which this project is based. Likewise, the diffusion of the heritage also fosters a new choice of cultural tourist activities and increases and complements the assets for this ambitious territorial project. A project for a unique area with its own well-defined features.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, the Ecomuseum thematic strand is looking back at the past, on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> century Moian\u00e8s, to observe and learn about their lifestyle, their ways and means of producing; in other words, their everyday way of life.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;52px&#8221;][vc_separator][vc_column_text]More info: <a href=\"moianesmes.cat\/en\/ecomuseum\/places-to-visit-with-in-the-ecomuseum\/\">BRANCHES OF THE ECOMUSEUM<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;1719,1782&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1739&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] BRANCHES OF THE ECOMUSEUM [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Veure el patrimoni en el seu lloc original.&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Moian\u00e8s Ecomuseum\u00a0 is a cross-sectoral and territorial project that aims to enhance the heritage existing in the Moian\u00e8s region, turning it into a tourist cultural, environmental, economic and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-content-home.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5965","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5965"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10918,"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5965\/revisions\/10918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moianesturisme.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}