Museums and centers
Connect to your origins
Throughout the Geopark you’ll find various museums and interpretation centres, where you can learn more about the history of our planet that dates back more than 4.6 billion years.
Paleontology
What were the dinosaurs like, how did they live and how did they interact with the environment? Learn more through real fossils and replicas.
Astronomy
Observe the night sky to understand how the universe originally formed and how it’s evolved since then.
Human legacy
Learn about the lives of our ancestors and how they survived using natural resources.
Territory
Festivals, traditions and natural areas that make up the identity of our land.
Epicentre, Geopark visitors center
The Epicentre is the tourism information office of the Pallars Jussà as well as the Geopark visitor centre. We’ll provide you with all the information you need to plan an unforgettable visit.
Opening hours, activities, events, guided tours… you’ll find everything you need at the Epicentre.
Museums and centers
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Murals
Actualment hi ha diferents localitats del Geoparc que estan promovent l’art de gran format als seus carrers. Aquest art ajuda a donar a conèixer i posar en valor el patrimoni natural i cultural del Geoparc a partir de la creació pictòrica muralista. Us animem a visitar-los!
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Conca Dellà Museum- Roman City of Aeso
This museum centres around the Roman legacy of the ancient village of AESO (today’s Isona), one of the most important cities during the Romanisation of inner Catalonia. The museum also has a section dedicated to the dinosaurs of the Pyrenees.
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- Celebrations and traditions
Falles, the fire festival
During this traditional festival that marks the start of summer, young people bring lighted torches from the mountain down to the village at nightfall. In 2015 the falles were inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Centre d’interpretació Montsec Llimiana
Centre d’informació i d’interpretació del patrimoni natural de la cara nord de la serra del Montsec.
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Casa Bonifaci – Llimiana Museum
Itinerary that takes you through the life story of Doctor Josep Bonifaci Mora, who spent most of his life in exile during the Spanish Civil War. The house still maintains almost all the objects from its former owners.
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- Natural resources
Espai Patrimonial La Central (La Central Heritage Space)
The Central Heritage Space is a project designed to highlight and make accessible to the public the impressive hydroelectric industrial heritage of the area.
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- Natural resources
Central de Camarasa (Camarasa Hydroelectric Power Plant)
Visit the exhibition “Camarasa 1917-1923, a time of technological innovation and labour movement,” located inside the Camarasa Hydroelectric Power Plant.
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L’Espai Raier a la Pobla de Segur
Dividit en dues parts: la part d’exposició permanent, del Bosc al Riu, on s’explica el procés de construcció de rais i de les eines que utilitzaven els raiers, i la part de l’Associació Internacional. Aquest ofici ha estat declarat Patrimoni Cultural Immaterial de la Humanitat per la UNESCO.
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Museu dels raiers from Coll de Nargó
Describes the process of building and using the rafts. The space also showcases the tools used by the lumberjacks, personal objects belonging to the river rafters, fishing tools and clothing. The profession of timber rafting is inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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- Tourism office
Pobla de Segur Pyrenees Sports and Nature Station and Tourism Office
The interpretive space shows how electricity is generated by hydroelectric power plants in the Pallars. Visitors can also don virtual reality glasses to see an audiovisual presentation of traditional activities.
Book your experience
At PallarsClick you can book activities, accommodations, museums and all kinds of experiences to make the most of your visit to the Geopark.
Are you visiting us?
You will find maps of the territory, field guides, notebooks, our catalog of collaborating entities and all the information you need to make the most of your visit.