It is a stately building from the end of the 16th century. From 1702 it became the seat of one of the oldest and most continuous parliaments in Europe, the General Council, created in 1419. It is open to the public with a service of guided tours in several languages. A historical building: At the entrance door, a shield bears the date of 1580, the year of its construction on a rock that dominated the entire valley of the Valira river. Currently, the structure is the same as that of the 16th century, but the building has undergone some modifications, the most important being that of 1962. The gardens, a walk through time: In front of the building, where the cliff of the Roc del Valle used to be, a square built in the project of the new parliamentary building, in 2011, opens, which allows a clear view of the old house and offers a splendid view over the valleys. On the façade, the sides and the back of the building there are dates and sculptures that commemorate significant moments in Andorra.
The automobile has been one of the most important challenges of the twentieth century. The nearly eighty vehicles on display show the evolution of aesthetics and mechanics to suit the needs of each era, and how speed limits and power have been overcome. The museum also houses a hundred bicycles, a witness to the challenges that the evolution of technology has overcome by transforming a clumsy, cumbersome and dangerous contraption into a stylish, reliable and practical machine. The collection, largely made up of pieces from several private collections, is considered one of the most important in Europe in terms of cars and a world reference for bicycles.
The house opens its doors as a space for socio-cultural reflection linked to the natural, cultural and landscape heritage of Andorra. Cal Pal, located in La Cortinada, was part of a group of properties attached to the Escoter inn, the object of a donation made in 1435 by Bernat Escoter, vicar of La Massana, and his mother, Raimunda Escotera, in favor of Joan Pal de Ordino. It is one of the most representative constructions of Andorran vernacular architecture and of which several extensions can be documented in the sixteenth century and early nineteenth century when a third body was added to one side of the house when the colomer and the two covered galleries of the southwest facade were built, with which the house acquired its final appearance. On the northwest façade, the boqueros of the roof beams with the representation of human faces stand out.
The Valls del Comapedrosa Communal Natural Park is a protected national park located in the parish of La Massana. Within this is the Pic del Comapedrosa, the highest peak in Andorra, which reaches 2,942 meters. It has a protected area of 15.42 km2 and one of the most outstanding aspects of the park is its landscape, surrounded by forests, ponds and waterfalls. It is one of the favorite parks for hiking trails. It has a large number of routes to perform!
Privileged location at 1635 meters above sea level and difficult to access. The current building dates from the early 20th century, although there are references that indicate that the Canòlich site already existed in medieval times (1176). Likewise, the Manual Digest de les Valls Neutras de Andorra (1745 - Compilation of the history, government and uses and customs of Andorra, work of the illustrious episcopal veguer, doctor in law and Andorran lawyer, Antoni Fiter i Rossell), cites "Na. Sra. de Canòlich" as one of the three main sanctuaries of the valleys of Andorra, together with Meritxell (Canillo) and San Antoni de la Grella (La Massana). Everything suggests that the current sanctuary of Canòlich was built on the foundations of an old Romanesque building, since the image of the Virgin dates from the 12th century. This Romanesque carving was crowned by the Vatican in 1999 and is currently in the parish church of San Julià and San Germà, in the village of Sant Julià de Lòria. The sanctuary preserves a baroque altarpiece from the 18th century and ceramic murals by the artist Sergi Mas. Every year, on the last Saturday in May, this sanctuary celebrates the well-known "Canòlich meeting": it is undoubtedly the largest religious event, which brings together numerous visitors year after year.
Parish church of the XVII century, built on an ancient medieval temple. From the medieval period a blessed pica and a wrought iron candelabra are preserved. The interior houses five baroque altarpieces, dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The "Noblesse du temps" or nobility of time is a sculpture made by the Catalan artist Salvador Dali which was given in the state of Andorrà in 1999 although until 2010 it was not placed in its current place, in the Plaza de la Rotonda of Andorra la Vella. With dimensions of 4'90m in height, 1'70m in depth, 2'60m in length and a total weight of 1400Kg, this sculpture composed of a watch with a crown on a trunk while melting represents the passage of time and according to the artist the dominion of time over humans. If you look closely, we can see 2 characters, one on each side of the clock. One of them is a woman, the one that represents the body, the flesh and the material, instead, the angel symbolizes the spirit, the memory and the intangible.
Reinterpretation of the bust of Nefertiti, the great royal wife of Akhenaten, made by Thutmose in the XVIIIth Dynasty of Egypt. It expresses two fundamental aspects, one from the original bust itself and the other the result of Jordi Díez's personal research. The first seeks to highlight the high evolutionary level of this ancient portrait. The second points out the absence of Nefertiti's eyes, which seems to evoke that she sees beyond the visible.
A balcony overlooking unparalleled views of the entire valley. With almost a thousand inhabitants, it is one of the important nuclei of the parish of La Massana and a reference of the traditions of the country, with the Casa Rull Museum, which keeps alive the testimony of the ways of life of the past.
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