Travel Guide Baixas

7 kilometers south of Rivesaltes by D 614. Very beautiful wine village of 2,500 inhabitants who has preserved many important traces of its past, especially the essential of its medieval enclosure. Inside the church, besides interesting furniture and statues, is the most fabulous retable in Roussillon. He cost so much that he became proverbial: " Ha so costat com el re de Baixas "," as expensive as the Baixas retable ", - for something whose price is exorbitant.It is a colossal work of almost 17 meters high, entirely golden gold, which shows the financial success of the winemakers of the village in 1674. The greater in size of all Roussillon, it also shows the competition between the different parishes. It is the work of Lluis Generès, one of the most remarkable baroque sculptors in the seventeenth century in Catalan country. Around the church, you should let go of the medieval alleys of the old village, pass under its Romanesque porches and let yourself be immersed in the charm of the city. On the other hand, the city is located in a vineyard that produces a famous muscat from the Middle Ages. It is actually one of the oldest vineyards in the Mediterranean basin.