Cal Penedes from the air, 1946–2025

Cal Penedes from the air, 1946–2025

The Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya keeps an extraordinary thing: a near-complete aerial record of the whole country, flight by flight, going back to the end of the Second World War. Their Ull del temps (“eye of time”) viewer lets you stand over any point in Catalunya and …

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A short history of Cal Penedes

A short history of Cal Penedes

Cal Penedes seen from across the Pla del Mas Roig. The dark mound on the left is the ivy-covered dry-stone barraca; Montserrat rises behind the house. Photo: Mapes de Patrimoni Cultural, Diputació de Barcelona. There is surprisingly little written about Cal Penedes. The only source I have found …

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