Sant Cugat del Valles

Sant Cugat del Valles is a metropolis and municipality north of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Known as Castrum Octavianum in antiquity which literally approach the fortress of Octavianus, it is named after Saint Cucuphas, who is said to had been martyred immediately now occupied by means of its medieval monastery. The very last a part of its toponym, del Valles, is a connection with the ancient county in which the metropolis is located, Valles.

The city has a sardana membership Entitat Sardanista de Sant Cugat that promotes this famous Catalan dance. A castellers club became shaped in 1996. In addition to the monastery, the city's different brilliant buildings encompass the School of Architecture of the Valles and the Centre d'Alt Rendiment CAR, translit. High Performance Centre, a famous centre for expert recreation training.

Sant Cugat has become an prosperous suburb of Barcelona due to its vicinity simplest 20 kilometres from the city, its natural environment, and its pedestrian buying area. Sant Cugat also offers restaurants, a live performance venue, cinemas, and one huge purchasing centre. It is also a political stronghold for conservative Catalan nationalism, with Convergencia I Unio dominating the city's politics. The town has its own train station with an immediate metro connection into Barcelona town centre and the close by industrial cities of Terrassa and Sabadell.