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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Santo Cugat del Vallès]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exceptional finding of 14th-century mural paintings in the monastery of Sant Cugat]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/culture/exceptional-discovery-of-14th-century-wall-paintings-at-the-monastery-of-sant-cugat_1_5716239.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/bd3f82f8-c27e-4591-98e7-bf5a26b6a576_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x3915y5865.jpg" /></p><p>The restoration of the chapel of Santa Escolástica in the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès has provided an exceptional surprise. After removing the baroque altarpiece for restoration, a mural painting of a Calvario, which can be dated to the mid-14th century, has come to light on the back wall. At the time of removing the altarpiece, the knees of Christ were revealed. Afterwards, the restorer Beatriz de Colmenares and her team continued to remove pieces of plaster until the figure of Christ was revealed and, on one side and the other, the figures of Saint John (on the right) and the holy women (on the left), among whom are the Virgin Mary, fainting, and Mary Magdalene lamenting.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antoni Ribas Tur]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:30:52 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Detail of the Christ of Calvary discovered in the monastery of Sant Cugat]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Here appears a Calvary during the restoration of Saint Scholastica's chapel]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[A pre-candidate for Barça in 2021, a far-right mayoral candidate in Sant Cugat]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/former-barcelona-presidential-candidate-running-for-mayor-the-far-right-ticket-in-sant-cugat_1_5654144.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/199eb8a8-80af-4d69-aa63-e21d94fb3259_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Nationalist Advance, the party backing councilor Sergi Perramon in Manresa for the upcoming municipal elections, is beginning to expand its reach to other towns. It has already arrived in Sant Cugat del Vallès, where Lluís Fernández Alà, a former FC Barcelona presidential candidate in the 2021 elections, will be the party's mayoral candidate. In the last municipal elections, the businessman, like Perramon himself, ran under the banner of the National Front of Catalonia (FNC). And while he failed to secure the necessary endorsements from club members to continue his presidential campaign, he also struggled in the Sant Cugat local elections, garnering only 206 votes (0.5%) and finishing second to last.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Xavi Tedó]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:01:23 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Lluís Fernández Alà joins the project of former Frente councilor in Manresa, Sergi Perramon]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Catalonia joins the increase in defense spending: €80 million to manufacture bridge-laying vessels in Sant Cugat]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/economy/catalonia-joins-the-increase-in-defense-spending-80-million-to-manufacture-bridge-laying-vessels-in-sant-cugat_1_5597592.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/525d43cd-a744-412e-b576-f7723bd876bd_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1055155.jpg" /></p><p>Historically, the defense sector has aroused suspicion in Catalonia. Despite the Principality's strong industrial activity, this type of investment has never had a significant impact on the region. Even so, with the European rearmament plan and the will of the <a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/can-catalonia-benefit-from-sanchez-s-rearmament-plan_1_5331354.html">Pedro Sánchez's government aims to reach 2% of GDP in defense spending</a>Some of these projects linked to the military industry are beginning to arrive in our country.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula Solanas Alfaro]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:40:52 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Representatives from Gutmar and Santa Barbara during the inauguration.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Catalan company Gutmar and the Madrid-based company Santa Bárbara inaugurate a center to design and manufacture these systems]]></subtitle>
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