Park, El Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park, El Garraf Park, Olèrdola Park, El Foix Park. Foix El Park, Olèrdola Park, Garraf El Park, Agrarian Llobregat Baix El Park, Park, Serralada Litoral Park, Serralada de Marina Park, Serra de Collserola Natural Natural Collserola de Serra Park, Marina de Serralada Park, Litoral Serralada Park, Natural Park, Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac Natural Park , El Montnegre i el Corredor Corredor el i Montnegre El , Park Natural l’Obac i Munt del Llorenç Sant Park, Natural Castell de Montesquiu Park, Les Guilleries-Savassona Natural Area, El Montseny Montseny El Area, Natural Guilleries-Savassona Les Park, Montesquiu de Castell Kim Castells 101,576 hectares of protected nature areas nature protected of hectares 101,576 Natural Park Network Park Natural Natural Park Network Park Natural . Council Town Gornal la i Castellet and TARRAGONA PROVÍNCIA DE Council Town Monjos els i Margarida Santa , Council Provincial Barcelona : of consists Consortium Foix del Parc The Direcció de Comunicació. Cover photo: Iñaki Relanzón. DL: Direcció and leisure activities. leisure and www.diba.cat/parcsn educational, research research educational, exploitation of its value for for value its of exploitation ensure the comprehensive comprehensive the ensure define the necessary facilities to to facilities necessary the define with landscape and ecological criteria, and and criteria, ecological and landscape with PROVÍNCIA DE BARCELONA DE PROVÍNCIA plement land-use planning in accordance accordance in planning land-use plement - im use, its regulate to serves and values cultural and natural DE LLEIDA DE on 28 July 1993, guarantees the preservation of the Park’s Park’s the of preservation the guarantees 1993, July 28 on PROVÍNCIA PROVÍNCIA Monjos. The Special Plan for the Foix Reservoir, approved approved Reservoir, Foix the for Plan Special The Monjos. DE GIRONA DE councils of Castellet i la Gornal and Santa Margarida i els els i Margarida Santa and Gornal la i Castellet of councils PROVÍNCIA PROVÍNCIA which comprises Barcelona Provincial Council and the town town the and Council Provincial Barcelona comprises which El Foix Park is managed by the El Foix Park Consortium, Consortium, Park Foix El the by managed is Park Foix El I t encourages the public use of natural heritage. natural of use public the encourages t the area. the tectural heritage. tectural tion of the parks and the economic development of of development economic the and parks the of tion - archi and historical singular and biodiversity, of levels high I - preserva the between balance a towards works t which offers a great variety of ecological environments with with environments ecological of variety great a offers which Among its most emblematic features are the Foix Reservoir, Reservoir, Foix the are features emblematic most its Among and landscape values of each park. each of values landscape and I t protects the natural, agricultural, forestry, cultural cultural forestry, agricultural, natural, the protects t an area of 2,900 hectares. 2,900 of area an of all of the stakeholders. stakeholders. the of all of Network. Located in the region of L’Alt Penedès, it covers covers it Penedès, L’Alt of region the in Located Network. through special plans drawn up with the participation participation the with up drawn plans special through I t plans and manages natural and agricultural areas areas agricultural and natural manages and plans t make up Barcelona Provincial Council’s Natural Park Park Natural Council’s Provincial Barcelona up make English El Foix Park is the southernmost of the twelve areas that that areas twelve the of southernmost the is Park Foix El lation of Catalonia lives. lives. Catalonia of lation - popu the of 70% which in territory the of 22% sents El Foix Park Foix El I - t covers an area of 101,576 hectares, which repre which hectares, 101,576 of area an covers t Kim Castells cal area. cal www.diba.cat/parcsn - geographi its within towns 100 the of balance mental [email protected] [email protected] T - environ and territorial the guarantees Network he Fax 934 022 439 022 934 Fax c del Foix del c Par Tel. 934 022 400 022 934 Tel. environmental and cultural value. cultural and environmental a Barcelon 08036 Edici del Rellotge, 3a planta 3a Rellotge, del Edici consists of 12 natural areas of significant landscape, landscape, significant of areas natural 12 of consists 7 18 d’Urgell Comte B arcelona Provincial Council’s Natural Park Network Network Park Natural Council’s Provincial arcelona Natural Park Network Park Natural Xarxa de Parcs Naturals Parcs de Xarxa s Natural d’Espais ea Àr Oak and Pine Forests Myrtle groves are a plant formation of In the woodland live mammals such as the badger, the stone great value, associated with the arroyos marten, the fox and the wild boar, along with birds such as the El Foix Park contains very dif- around the Foix Reservoir. Besides myr- kestrel, the jay, tits and woodpigeons. In rocky areas we can find ferent ecological environments. tle, there we find species such as Europe- reptiles such as the ocellated lizard, the ladder snake and the Holm oak grows in very specif- an fan palm, mastic tree, rough bindweed Montpellier snake, along with birds of prey such as the Bonelli’s ic areas and is often mixed with and Mauritania grass. eagle. The caverns house cave-dwelling species such as bats, pine in the shadier and damper and in the areas most affected by human activity we can find the areas of the park, while Aleppo Moorish gecko and the barn owl. pine dominate the drier, sunni- Crops er areas. It is here that we find European fan palm and other Crops, on the flat or on terraces, are one Arxiu ASMM Cultural Heritage Arxiu ASMM shrubs, such as the mastic tree, of most characteristic ecological environ- kermes oak, strawberry tree, Italian buckthorn, box, Mediter- ments in El Foix Park. These environments, between the strictly The Foix has played a significant role as a crossroads of civilisa- The Terrain ranean heath, rock rose and butcher’s broom, and aromatic natural and man-made areas, play a fundamental role as shel- tions. In the time of the Iberian-Romans it crossed the road from plants such as rosemary and thyme. ter and food source for many animal species. Traditionally, these Tarraco to Barcino, and in the middle ages it marked the frontier The Foix Reservoir, which holds water from the river of the same crops consist of vine and, to a lesser extent, fruit trees such as between the Christians and the Moors. The castles of Penyafort name, is in the southernmost part of the El Penedès depression, almond and olive and vegetables. and Castellet date from that time, when they were of great stra- a flat area running northeast–southwest between the Catalan Riverside Environments tegic value. Serralada Prelitoral and Serralada Litoral mountain ranges and More recently, many farmhouses bear witness to a time in which into the sea at its southernmost point. Geologically speaking, The environments found along the river, the affluent streams Fauna the Mediterranean triad—oil, wheat and vine—was the pillar of this valley is filled with Miocenic sedimentary materials in layers and, especially, around the reservoir, are of particular interest in The diverse environments offered by El Foix Park are home to the country’s agriculture. In turn, the cattle tracks, used for trans- up to 500 metres thick. the context of a dry region with scarce rainfall. a great variety of fauna. The reservoir contains fish, such as the humance, mark the importance of livestock in the region. The reservoir’s mountainous shores are made up of rocky Along the Foix River and some eel, the carp and the goldfish, and reptiles such as the Mediter- formations that resemble their close neighbour, the Garraf streams, such as the Marmellar and ranean turtle, the viperine snake and the grass Massif. Consisting the Llitrà, and also in certain parts snake. Birds are the largest group, howev- mostly of calcar- of the reservoir, we find examples of er, with species such as the cormorant, eous rock, it gen- riparian vegetation consisting of black the mallard, the shoveller, the teal, the coot, the erates a peculiar alder, ash, white poplar, elm, poplar Relanzón Iñaki moorhen, the grey heron, the little egret and landscape, karst, and willow, and of undergrowth made the cattle egret, among many others. Other wet characterised by up of hawthorn, Coriaria myrtifolia, areas, such as ponds and puddles, are home to the presence of blackberry, ivy and euphorbia. amphibians such as the fire salamander, the tree frog, caves. the marsh frog and the common toad. Arxiu ANMF Siqui Sánchez 1233-2010 Desplegable Foix Anglès.indd 1 10/11/10 13:14 Park, El Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park, El Garraf Park, Olèrdola Park, El Foix Park. Foix El Park, Olèrdola Park, Garraf El Park, Agrarian Llobregat Baix El Park, Park, Serralada Litoral Park, Serralada de Marina Park, Serra de Collserola Natural Natural Collserola de Serra Park, Marina de Serralada Park, Litoral Serralada Park, Natural Park, Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac Natural Park , El Montnegre i el Corredor Corredor el i Montnegre El , Park Natural l’Obac i Munt del Llorenç Sant Park, Natural Castell de Montesquiu Park, Les Guilleries-Savassona Natural Area, El Montseny Montseny El Area, Natural Guilleries-Savassona Les Park, Montesquiu de Castell Kim Castells 101,576 hectares of protected nature areas nature protected of hectares 101,576 Natural Park Network Park Natural Natural Park Network Park Natural . Council Town Gornal la i Castellet and TARRAGONA PROVÍNCIA DE Council Town Monjos els i Margarida Santa , Council Provincial Barcelona : of consists Consortium Foix del Parc The Direcció de Comunicació.