Ripoll, Administrative center in Ripollès, Catalonia, Spain.
Ripoll sits where the Ter and Freser rivers meet, near the Pyrenees at about 691 meters elevation. The town spreads across an area with walking paths that connect historical sites like the Sant Pere church and reveal ancient walls.
The Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria was founded in 879 by Count Wilfred the Hairy and made this place a major religious and cultural center of medieval Catalonia. This founding set the course for the town's importance for centuries to come.
The Ethnographic Museum displays crafts and religious objects that show how people lived and worked across the region's history. You can see tools, clothing, and items that reveal daily practices and beliefs from different periods.
The town is easy to walk around with clear paths between the main attractions and museums. Comfortable shoes are recommended since some routes go uphill and downhill, especially if you want to explore the surrounding walking trails.
The Scriptorium of Ripoll preserved manuscript production from the 10th to 12th centuries and showed the town's role in safeguarding European knowledge. This writing workshop was a center of medieval learning that spread texts still recognized today.
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