Bañolas grew up around the Benedictine monastery of San Esteban, under whose abbot its inhabitants lived for centuries in feudal dependence. In 1655 the bell tower, the Romanesque cloister and part of the church were destroyed; rebuilding began in the 17th century and produced the bell tower of 1692 to 1699.
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