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The old church of Santa Eulàlia de Tapioles had been a monastic cell. Documented since 878 in a confirmation by the Frankish king Louis the Humble that links it to the see of Barcelona as "cell of Sant Genís and Santa Eulàlia de Tapioles", near the town of Pinells, in 986 it was confirmed to the monastery of Sant Cugat. The chapel, which was in ruins in 1373 but in 1850, Josep Pradell, owner of the farmhouse of Can Pradell de la Serra, renovated the building giving it a Baroque look. He built the cemetery, the bell tower and the winding profile crowning of the main facade which has not been preserved. He also decorated the exteriors with sgraffitos of geometric motifs similar to those of the farmhouse of Can Pradell.
Starting from Sant Celoni there are a road and paths to Olzinelles Valley. It is located to the south of the municipal area of Sant Celoni. Olzinelles is connected to it via the local road BV-5112 and to Vallgorguina through a forest track. At the center of this dispersed settlement, you'll find the Church of Sant Esteve d'Olzinelles, which was documented as early as 1083, although it underwent renovations in the 16th century. The place was mentioned as Vallis Ollofredis in 1179, in 1331 as Castrum Eulofredii or Vallis de Ulzinellis, and in other texts of that time as Oltzinelles, Olzinelles, Ulzinelles, or Otzinelles. The 1360 census recorded nine households in the so-called parish of Aulineles. In 1421, the parish of Olzinelles incorporated that of Vilardell, another dispersed settlement within the present-day municipality of Sant Celoni. The 1553 census already contained the name "parish of Sant Esteve d'Alzinelles."
Visit the mountains above Mataró and enjoy a typical Mediterranean forest.
Children's adventures on the trees.