Pallars Sobirà, a place where history is still present
The first settlers of Pallars Sobirà date back to prehistory. In spite of settling in the area so long ago, those first humans left an important heritage in the form of dolmens and megalithic monuments that remind the most remote origins of the region.
However, the most glorious time of Pallars was the five-hundred-year period of the Pallars county, the longest of all the Catalan counties. Pallars Count House was set up in 920 and ended up in 1487 with the fall of València d’Àneu Castle and with the end of the control of the legendary count Hug Roger III.
The control of the Pallars region soon fell into the hands of Cardona’s dynasty. This marquisate would coexist with several seigneuries, with which they were part of a superior –royal– structure that became the subvicary of Pallars, and then the “Corregiment” of Talarn, in the 18th century.
The control of the Pallars region soon fell into the hands of Cardona’s dynasty. This marquisate would coexist with several seigneuries, with which they were part of a superior –royal– structure that became the subvicary of Pallars, and then the “Corregiment” of Talarn, in the 18th century.
Later, in the 20th century, with the construction of the hydropower plants, a process of modernisation of the traditional society started, but it was cut off by the Spanish Civil War and the post-war era. Between 1960 and 1980, the region endured a second crisis that meant a second demographic decline. Demographic figures dropped then to only 5,247 inhabitants.
Since the nineties, the push of tourism has revived the region. Adventure sports, ski resorts, ecotourism and rural tourism have become a key element of Pallars’s current economy, not forgetting the traditional sectors such as livestock farming and agriculture.
Come and discover the history hidden in the Alt Pirineu valleys!
