The city of Berga is between a vale in the Catalan Central Depression and the Pre-pirineo, protégée of the winds of the north for the Queralt mountain and near to the river Llobregat that happens for the southern end of his term. It is necessary to emphasize his geographical situation privileged in the center of Catalonia, which has turned it into an important communications crossing.

The nucli urbà goes néixer to the segle XII is construïren they muralles, of them quals it falls sick avui in trobem remain, that tancaven a perímetre that pràcticament XIX goes romandre inalterat fins to them darreries of the segle.

Llocs d'interès

Plaça of Catalunya
I swept Vell
Sanctum of Queralt
Castell of Sant Ferran
Església of Sant Joan
Sant Pere de Madrona
Call Jueu or voltes d’en Claris
Palau dels Peguera
Església of the Pietat
Level of Peguera
Camí dels Bons Homes

Set of the Sanctum of Queralt:

The set of Queralt it integrates the Sanctum where there is venerated the image of the Virgin of Queralt and an attached building that received in his moment the Hostelry of the sanctum, where today there is the restaurant and the station of the funicular one who gains access from the parkings. There is considered to be the same way a part of the Sanctum the church of The Cave where, according to the legend, a Vilaforniu shepherd found the image of the Virgin the XIVth century.

On the vestry there finds the dressing room of the Virgin, a Gothic copy that preserves features very pronounced romances. It is a question of a wooden size of approximately fifty centimeters high that represents the seated Virgin. With the left hand it takes his right placed son on the knee that supports a book with the left hand while it blesses with the right. With the right hand it supports a swallow, animal that has turned into the Queralt symbol. The left foot of the Virgin treads on a weasel.

Museums

* Regional museum. Ethnological, historical Funds and natural sciences.
* Municipal museum. Ceramics, objects of the Middle Age and prehistoric remains of the history of Berga.
* Museum of the Circus. Collection of Josep Vinyes.
* Library Ramón Vinyes i Cluet. 1523 square meters building and with more than 36.000 volumes.
 

photo of www.altbergueda.com/

Gastronomy

* Soup with meatballs
* Corn soup
* Veal with mushrooms
* Meat to the ember with varied mushrooms.

The Patum és a sacred representació - històrico-popular nascuda i derivative of them exis representacions of teatre medieval, per bé that aglutinant, reinterpretant i reconduint atàviques celebracions paganes, that the Corpus Christi setmana celebrates anualment to the ciutat of Berga durant. The seu origin lime to look for it, precisament, in els antics entremesos that desfilaven to them processons of the Corpus Christi i that estaven destinats to educate, moralitzar i alliçonar the such poble per that aquest aprofundís in the coneixement of them Sagrades Escriptures.

The Patum és the festa més coneguda i amb that molt sovint s'identifica to the ciutat of Berga i to the region. Aquesta festa there is estat declared Patrimoni Oral i Immaterial de la Humanitat per the UNESCO. (ftes and photos to see links)