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The municipality is in the Fluvià valley, which includes the final sector of the Bianya valley, rugged by the mountains of Sant Julià del Mont (903 m), Cau (824 m) and Bosc (733 m) and Mont-ros (672 m), where there are some ancient volcanoes of the Olot region (Puig de l'Estany, Tries, Aiguanegra and the Claperols quarry) and at 342 m altitude. There are beech and holm oak forests.
Sant Joan les Fonts is a municipality of the comarca of Garrotxa, located in Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain. As of 2014, the population is 2,919. Until 1949 it was known as Begudà.
Renaissance cloister of El Carme, the church of Sant Esteve and the Parochial Museum –featuring Christ embracing the cross by El Greco–, Can Trincheria House-Museum, the Regional Museum of Garrotxa, the Museum of the Saints and several Art Nouveau buildings.
take an urban itinerary to discover the historic centre, the medieval bridges over River Brugent, the Gros and the Conqueta mills –the latter of which can be visited–, and Art Nouveau buildings.
A reference exhibition on volcanism. A fully interactive exhibition, with audiovisuals, immersive experiences, augmented reality, gamification and video mapping. The Espai Cràter allows you to learn about volcanoes from inside a volcano