les Masies de Roda: Sant Pere de Casserres
Sant Pere de Casserres has served as a Benedictine monastery in Catalonia since the 11th century. Set on a narrow headland enclosed by a looping reach of the Ter River, it is among Osona’s important Romanesque religious sites. The monastic church was consecrated in 1050 and retains a three-aisled plan, with the cloister and communal buildings arranged beside it. Monastic life ceased in the 16th century, but the complex has been conserved as a cultural monument. The Sau Reservoir, formed by damming the Ter in 1962, now wraps the headland in water; wooded slopes and pale limestone cliffs define this inland Catalan river valley.
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Built around scattered farmsteads beside the Ter River, les Masies de Roda grew into a rural municipality in Catalonia’s Osona comarca. Its territory follows the river’s bends through a mix of cultivated land and wooded slopes in the Catalan interior. The defining monument is the Romanesque monastery of Sant Pere de Casserres, a former Benedictine house founded in the 11th century on a peninsula encircled by the Sau Reservoir. Its church, cloister and monastic buildings make it a significant landmark of Osona’s medieval heritage. Neighbouring Roda de Ter provides a more urban counterpoint along the same river. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how les Masies de Roda relates to the Ter valley and Osona.
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