Cardona, Spain
| Cardona | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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Cardona from the air | ||
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  Cardona  Cardona Location in Catalonia | ||
| Coordinates: 41°54′49″N 1°40′50″E / 41.91361°N 1.68056°E | ||
| Country | Spain | |
| Community |
 Catalonia | |
| Province | Barcelona | |
| Comarca | Bages | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ferran Estruch Torrents (2015)[1] | |
| Area[2] | ||
| • Total | 66.7 km2 (25.8 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 506 m (1,660 ft) | |
| Population (2014)[1] | ||
| • Total | 4,921 | |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) | |
| Website |
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Cardona is a town ìn Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona; about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the city of Barcelona, on a hill almost surrounded by the river Cardoner, a branch of the Llobregat. To the east of the town, the river has been diverted through a tunnel has been dug through a spur, leaving a loop of dry river bed near the saltmine.
Near the town is an extensive deposit of rock salt. The salt forms a mountain mass (called Muntanya de Sal) covered by a thick bed of a reddish-brown clay, and apparently resting on a yellowish-grey sandstone. It is generally more or less translucent, and large masses of it are quite transparent. The hill has been worked like a mine since Roman times; pieces cut from it have been carved by artists in Cardona into images, crucifixes and many articles of an ornamental kind.
Main sights
- The Castle of Cardona, which is set high on a hill and contains a Parador hotel.
- The 14th-century Romanesque Church of St. Vincenç.
- The Church of Sant Miquel, built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 14th century in Gothic style. It houses a precious polyptych by Pere Vall, depicting St. Anne, the Virgin and St. Amador, and a 15th-century baptismal font.
Local festivals
- Caramelles: The Sunday of Passover
- Mercat de la ganga: The first Sunday of February
- Fira de Pentecostés: The first Sunday of June
- Fira de la Llenega: The last Sunday of October
- Festa Major: The second last weekend in September
- Aplec de Cardona: 18 September
- Oktoberfest
Notes
The movie Chimes at Midnight, by Orson Welles, was filmed at the castle in Cardona.
Twin towns
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cardona". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.- Pedrosa, Andreu (2001). The Castle of Cardona. Sant Vincenç de Castellet: Farell. ISBN 84-930418-8-2
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
References
- 1 2 "Ajuntament de Cardona". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Cardona". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ General Consul of Uruguay in Barcelona (4 February 2010). "Hermanamiento Cardona Catalana y Uruguaya". Retrieved 7 May 2011.
External links
- Official site (in Catalan)
- Associació Cultural El Mercat del Blat (Cultural Association of Cardona)
- Associació Cultural 18 de Setembre (Cultural Association of Cardona)
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