Peramea
Peramea
The walled village of Peramea preserves its medieval urban layout. Highlights include its cobbled and arcaded streets, the arched stone doorways on the façades of the houses, the remains of the castle of the counts of Pallars, already mentioned in 10th-century documents, the Torre dels Colomers (a watchtower belonging to the castle, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries), and the church of Sant Cristòfol.
The parish church of Sant Cristòfol (dedicated to Sant Joan until the late 14th century) stands in the upper part of the village, at the foot of the castle ruins, and was entirely linked to the monastery of Gerri. It houses numerous Baroque carvings, a late Romanesque sculpture of the Mare de Déu del Remei and Child, as well as the relics of the Martisants, which tradition says are the remains of the children killed by King Herod and are now venerated on the Feast of the Holy Innocents.
Finally, you should not leave Peramea without seeing the fountain in the village square, together with the drinking trough and washhouse, and l’Era d’Ortega, an example of a traditional Pallars family farming unit and home to the cultural group Lo Vent de Port, where you can find information about the village and the guided tours organised there.
On the way out of Peramea, beside the old path leading to Pujol, stands the fountain of Sant Cristòfol, whose basin is a sarcophagus that may date from between the 12th and 14th centuries. A little further on is the dolmen of the Cabana de la Mosquera, a megalithic funerary monument from the Bronze Age.