Cova del Sant Cap

Known as Bellpuig el Vell, it was the precursor of the current monastery of les Avellanes. In 1158 religious figures were already installed in the cave; the founding act dates from 1166.

It is also probable that before the arrival of Joan d’Organyà the cave was already a place of pagan worship and that the community's decision to settle there was not taken at random. In fact, the monastery was consecrated to the Mother of God, a usual procedure of the time (12th century), especially in places where there was evidence of cults of a local character. Although in the case of Bellpuig el Vell, the one who ended up being venerated was not the Virgin, but its founder Joan d’Organyà.