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Caldes de Montbui is a municipality of Catalonia. Located in the region of Vallés Oriental, in the province of Barcelona. It is located about 35 km north of Barcelona. Its population exceeds 17,000 inhabitants, who live scattered around the urban nucleus and several urbanizations, including El Farell, which was built on a hill at a height of more than 800 meters. The municipality of Caldas de Montbui covers an area of ​​38 km². The name of 'Caldas' has to do with the word "warm" or "hot" and refers to the hot waters that come out of the interior of the earth at a temperature of 74°C. It is one of the hottest sources in Europe.

The Romans already took advantage of this water and built a spa there that has been preserved to this day. They are the best preserved Roman baths in the peninsula. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder already speaks of this spa called then Aquae-Calidae in his chronicle on Roman Hispania. The historian Mercedes Sorda maintains that of Plinio, although there are other alternative versions that indicate that of this spa the first one to speak would be Virgilio. From this spa activity the urban growth of the municipality has been developed, contributing also to this growth its natural environment and its mild climate. The fountain of the Lion, built in 1581, was renovated in 1822 and in 1927. It is located in the town square where the Roman baths, the town hall, the Broquetas spa and the Manolo Hugué museum are also located.

The water that comes out of this source never varies in quantity and contains chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine. It serves to combat arthritis, fractures etc. There is in Caldes the museum of Manolo Hugué, an important sculptor of the twentieth century and best friend of Picasso whose talent was helped to create by Manolo. As Hugué had a friendship with Picasso, this museum also contains works by Manolo Hugué, an important collection of works by Picasso. On the margin of the old helmet is the parochial church of Santa Maria whose construction began in 1589 and finalized in 1714. Its cover is considered like one of the best works of the Catalan baroque. Also interesting are the Solomonic columns, designed by the French sculptor Pere Ruppin. The church has a single nave and twelve side chapels.

The greatest work of the church is the wooden sculpture "The Holy Majesty". It has an oriental aspect and arrived in Caldes in the middle of the 15th century brought by gypsies. Currently only the head is kept as original and the rest of the size is a copy because the original was destroyed in 1936. As for the economy, nowadays agriculture is losing weight in favor of an increase in industry and the sector of services. Tourism also plays an important role thanks to the thermal facilities. Of its gastronomy, rich and varied, stand out the 'carquinyolis' and the sausage. The city of Caldas is twinned with the German city of Taunusstein and the French city of.

There are also small hotels - like the Hotel Vila de Caldes - that give this municipality the peculiarity of being the small thermal refuge closest to Barcelona. There are other important spas, such as Termes Victòria.

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