{"id":14350,"date":"2024-04-15T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T10:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdera.cat\/projecte-fonts-del-montseny\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:04:48","slug":"projecte-fonts-del-montseny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdera.cat\/en\/projecte-fonts-del-montseny\/","title":{"rendered":"Montseny Springs Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know about the “Fonts del Montseny” project? It is an initiative that aims to study the springs of the Montseny which, since 2016, has managed to identify almost 900 springs in the Montseny massif, classify them, georeference them, and provide descriptive information and data on the chemistry of their waters. Do you want to know more?<\/p>\n

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Since 2016, \u00d3scar Farrerons (Montseny scholar)<\/span> and Adri\u00e0 Corella (photographer) have been developing a project of great interest for the Montseny. It is an exhaustive investigation and documentation work of nearly 900 springs spread across the 18 municipalities that form part of the Montseny Natural Park. In a context of drought like the one we are currently in, it is worth remembering that the springs have historically been meeting points, excursion goals, axes around which people met and socialised. In fact, the Tourdera is a route that, for many, pursues the goal of reaching a spring, the Font Bona, where the Tordera River is born.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Tourdera. Image of the Font Bona (source of the Tordera) (Montseny).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although inventories of springs had been made in the Montseny before, such as those by L\u00f3pez and Bomb\u00ed in 1991 (very focused on the Santa Fe area), Carmona’s in 2001 (to relate the chemical content of the waters to the geology of the area), and the one carried out by Gallard in 2003 (with proposals for the improvement of 56 springs), among others, never before had an inventory as exhaustive as the one presented by \u00d3scar and Adri\u00e0 been carried out, with almost 900 springs. It is for this reason that the magazine Ciencia y tecnolog\u00eda has written an article about them<\/a>. This inventory has made it possible to identify both natural springs and springs created with stone and brick architectural constructions, where the water outlet takes place through a channel or a tap.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Tourdera. Image of the N\u00e0iades spring (Montseny).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All the springs in the project have been georeferenced and can be consulted, as you can see in the following map created by the authors, according to the category they have been assigned:<\/p>\n

– Green:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>springs pending discovery but for which the authors have indications that they are in that location.
– Red:<\/span> <\/strong>forest springs already located and classified.
– Blue:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> urban springs already located and classified.
– Black:<\/strong><\/span> springs 100% disappeared.<\/p>\n