A thousand years of Saturday market in Vic

Vic, Osona//History/6 min read

The square, the fog and the sausages hanging in every stall.

Written with by Clara Ibáñez
Vic, Osona.

Draft. This story will explain why Vic has a market every Saturday and what it has to do with the llonganissa.

Llonganissa de Vic PGI, Cal Comas de Vilatorta. Sant Julià de Vilatorta, Osona.

It will visit Cal Comas, three generations curing in Sant Julià de Vilatorta.

Agramunt, Lleida.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Catalonia

Our products from the province of Barcelona come from Osona, inland, on the Plana de Vic: a plain of fields and farms often covered in fog, which is exactly what the local cured sausages need.

Things to love about Barcelona

  • The Saturday market in the main square of Vic, held for centuries
  • Fog over the Plana de Vic on winter mornings
  • The trails of the Montseny, just to the south
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Llonganissa de Vic PGI

Llonganissa de Vic PGI

Sant Julià de Vilatorta, Osona
€12.00
Torró d'Agramunt PGI

Torró d'Agramunt PGI

Agramunt, Lleida
€12.00

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