Cardona, Spain

This airticle is aboot Cardona in Catalonia. For ither uisses, see Cardona (disambiguation).
Cardona
Municipality
Church of Sant Miquel
Church of Sant Miquel
Coat of airms o Cardona
Coat airms
Cardona is located in Catalonie
Cardona
Cardona
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°54′49″N 1°40′50″E / 41.91361°N 1.68056°E / 41.91361; 1.68056
CountrySpain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBages
Govrenment
 • MayorFerran Estruch Torrents
Area
 • Total66.38 km2 (25.63 sq mi)
Elevation
506 m (1,660 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total5,187
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Cardona is a toun ìn Catalonie, Spain, in the province o Barcelona; aboot 90 km (56 mi) northwast o the ceety o Barcelona, on a hill amaist surroondit bi the river Cardoner, a branch o the Llobregat. Tae the east o the toun, the river haes been divertit throu a tunnel haes been dug throu a spur, leavin a loop o dry river bed near the saltmine.

Rock salt mine in Cardona

Near the toun is an extensive deposit o rock salt. The salt shapes a muntain mass (cried Muntanya de Sal) covered bi a thick bed o a reddish-broun clay, an apparently restin on a yellaeish-grey saundstane. It is generally mair or less translucent, an muckle masses o it are quite transparent. The hill haes been wirkit lik a mine syne Roman times; pieces cut frae it hae been carvit bi airtists in Cardona intae images, crucifixes an mony airticles o a ornamental kynd.

Main sichts

  • The Castle o Cardona, which is set heich on a hill an contains a Parador hotel.
  • The 14t-hunderyear Romanesque Kirk o Sant Vincenç.
  • The Kirk o Sant Miquel, biggit in the 11t hunderyear an rebuilt in the 14t hunderyear in Gothic style. It hooses a precious polyptych bi Pere Vall, depictin St. Anne, the Virgin an St. Amador, an a 15t-hunderyear baptismal font.

Local festivals

  • Caramelles: The Sunday o Passower
  • Mercat de la ganga: The first Sunday o Februar
  • Fira de Pentecostés: The first Sunday o Juin
  • Fira de la Llenega: The last Sunday o October
  • Festa Major: The seicont last weekend in September
  • Aplec de Cardona Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine: 18 September
The Castle o Cardona: last redoubt o the Catalonian supporters o Charles VI in the War o the Spainyie Succession, in 1714.

Notes

The movie Chimes at Midnight, bi Orson Welles, wis filmit at the castle in Cardona.

Twin touns

Bibliography

  • Public Domain This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Cite has empty unkent parameters: |HIDE_PARAMETER15=, |HIDE_PARAMETER13=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14c=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14=, |HIDE_PARAMETER9=, |HIDE_PARAMETER3=, |HIDE_PARAMETER1=, |HIDE_PARAMETER4=, |HIDE_PARAMETER2=, |HIDE_PARAMETER8=, |HIDE_PARAMETER20=, |HIDE_PARAMETER5=, |HIDE_PARAMETER7=, |HIDE_PARAMETER10=, |separator=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14b=, |HIDE_PARAMETER6=, |HIDE_PARAMETER11=, and |HIDE_PARAMETER12= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spaingie). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

References

  1. ↑ General Consul of Uruguay in Barcelona (4 Februar 2010). "Hermanamiento Cardona Catalana y Uruguaya". Archived frae the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 7 Mey 2011.

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