La Sèquia canal (fourteenth century) is 26 kilometres long and runs from the village of Balsareny to Manresa transporting water from the river Llobregat. The sèquia is a canal that begins in Balsareny and before it reaches Manresa flows through the fields and country of Sallent, Santpedor and Sant Fruitós de Bages. The change of altitude over all its length of 26 kilometres is 10 metres, counting from the lock next to Balsareny castle until l’Agulla, where it divides into two branches which then become the principal source of irrigation for the fields around the town and municipal region. The canal was a project by Guillem de Catà, from Barcelona, presented to the king Pere el Cerimoniós, who granted the permit for construction on 23 August the very year it was requested. The work was finished by the year 1383.

Practical information

(If the visitor goes to the centre for visitors in the Parc de la Sèquia, inside the Parc de l’Agulla in Manresa they will receive more information).