About 3 kilometers east of Jafra, in a relatively flat place, one finds the legacy of the Plana Novella (at 280 metres of altitude). It is an eclectic building that has a series of interesting decorations inside, like a Neo-Arab room. Externally it imitates a fort with a high wall and sentries at the corners and on the sides of the doors. When you enter the grounds, there is a courtyard that leads, to the left, to the patio of the lemon groves where Gaudí's laundry is located, and to the right, to the wine cellars, the wine press, the well and the chapel.

The main nucleus, of large dimensions, has a symmetrical structure with two lateral bodies and a simpler central one, of a higher height with a gable roof made of tiles and a square-shaped protruding turret that rests on the ridge of the roof.

In 1875, Pere Domenèch i Grau, a native of Cristina Island and a resident of Cuba, acquired the old Plana Novella house from the Raventós family, in addition to the houses of Les Piques and El Corral Nou. The new owner had his possessions included in the benefit of the law of colonies and thus obtained exemption from the consumption tax and other services for the families who lived there. Construction work on the palace ended on October 29, 1890. In 1893 the phylloxera was declared and in 1896 the estate was put up for public auction. Since then the palace has had different owners who have kept its doors closed until a Buddhist community who have restored the building and created a museum settled there in 1996.

The building is part of the Plana Novella ensemble, with an eclectic architectural character with a predominance of romantic aesthetics and with a medievalising tendency. Thus, the church includes Romanesque elements, such as the entrance door and the arches of the main façade, or Gothic elements, such as the rose window. The glazed ceramic roof with scales is noteworthy, as well as the bell tower. The Christian chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Conception is artistically decorated with paintings by Enric Monserdà i Vidal, especially those in the apse (The Holy Trinity with The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise).

La Plana Novella is an ancient heritage located on a small plain in the centre of Parc del Garraf. It is located in the Valley of the Kings, which was part of the old barony of Jafre. The name comes from the old country house of Plana Novella, located behind the manor house documented in the 14th century with the name Mas Novella. The population of this area began during the 17th century, but before that there had been a manor house dated from 1601. In 1681, the ownership of Plana Novella was recorded as belonging to José Catà i Bertran, lord of the barony of Jafra, who in this year established José Raventós i Codorniu del Mas de les Piques as the first owner. On August 22, 1875, the estate was acquired by the Pere Domènech i Grau, who was born in Sitges in 1831 and died in Barcelona in 1898. The sale of the Plana Novella estate to Pere Domènech i Grau of Sitges supposed a great scandal, since the Raventós lords were not the true lords, but only possessed the useful domain of the estate. This sale caused a lawsuit between Mr. Domènech and the descendants of the baron of Jafra, who owned the domain. After this event, Mr. Pere Domènech decided to turn the place into an agricultural colony, dedicated mainly to the exploitation of the vineyard. The new owner included in his possessions the benefit of the Law of Colonies of Alfonso XII, which was achieved on May 23, 1885, and thus obtained the exemption from the consumption tax, the military levy on those born in the colony and also for the seven families who lived in the country houses under his auspices and that of the 38 people who worked in the agricultural colony. Mr. Domènech commissioned the construction of the Novella Palace to the architect Manel Comas i Thos (distinguished professionally in the modernist and neo-gothic styles, author of notable buildings in Barcelona) recovering an old country house and building a small palace in the middle of the Garraf, intended for the summer time for his wife Maria Vilanova and his son Cristòfor Domènech. Construction work began on June 1, 1887, and ended on October 29, 1890, with the blessing of the Bishop of Barcelona, Monsignor Jaume Català Albora. These works consisted of a total refurbishment of the property with the construction of a stately mansion in Antillean style of large dimensions. Thanks to the entrepreneurial drive of Mrs. Vilanova, on October 3, 1887, the water from the springs was brought to the farm, building four kilometers of pipes (information found on a marble tombstone at the entrance to the palace). The cellar, according to the description of the time, was the best equipped in Catalonia: with 300 barrels of 10 loads each made with wood from the forests of La Plana.
In 1996, Palau Novella became the Monastery of Sakya Tashi Ling (translated from Tibetan: 'island of good wishes'), the first Buddhist monastery in Catalonia, of the Sakyapa tradition, one of the four schools of Buddhism Tibetan, under the authority of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, King of Ancient Tibet. The community has preserved the palace building with restoration campaigns encouraging its conservation and the research of historical documents relating to the time of the family and the overseas colonies. The building has a schedule of guided tours to learn about Buddhist philosophy.