The Tort Cross

It is situated next to the country house of the same name, close to the royal road to Barcelona which runs through the village of El Pont de Vilomara. Dating back originally to the XIV century, the cross was a place of worship for Ignatius. According to several witnesses, he had several visions there and spent some time at the Cross following his Great Illumination. From Tort Cross, a part of the old Paradise Valley can be admired, some of the green meadows watered by the last parts of the Sèquia. Canal.

When he left Manresa, Ignatius left behind his “escudella” (a wooden soup bowl made from olive tree wood) in this house. The family held on to this object until the summer of 2008, when they donated it to the Jesuits so that it could be put on display in the Cave.