Vidra
Vidrà is best known within Catalonia for the beech woodland of La Grevolosa. The village stands in Osona amid the forested folds of the eastern Catalan Pre-Pyrenees, close to the Puigsacalm massif. Slopes around the settlement combine woodland, pasture and scattered masies, the traditional stone farmhouses that shape rural Catalonia. At its centre, the parish church of Sant Hilari anchors a compact historic nucleus. Vidrà belongs to the Collsacabra area, where steep ridges and secluded valleys form a transition between the inland plain of Osona and the higher Pyrenean foothills. Its built fabric and surrounding farmland retain the close scale of an upland rural community.
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Built around the parish church of Sant Hilari, Vidrà grew into a small highland municipality in the Bisaura area of northern Osona. The settlement lies among the wooded folds of the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees, near the Serra de Bellmunt and the headwaters of the Ges River; the Puigsacalm massif rises to the north-east. Sant Hilari has medieval origins and remains the village’s principal historic reference, while scattered masias and grazing land shape the wider parish. Footpaths and local roads cross beech woodland, pastures and limestone country towards neighbouring valleys. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees connects regionally.
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