Did you know that some 40 million years ago Manresa was under the sea? Or that Carrer del Balç is practically unique in Catalonia? Did you know that Manresa has shops over 150 years old? And that we enjoy garden produce watered by a canal built in the 14th century? Discover the stories behind these questions and many other secrets of the landscape, heritage, commerce, gastronomy and winemaking past of our city. Manresa, Heart of Catalonia: a guided tour that takes you from La Seu Basilica in the historic centre of the city to Carrer del Balç and through the modernista area, finishing up at the Ignatius of Loyola interpretation centre, Espai 1522.