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| From the Pyrenean one to the mountain range of the Cadí and bathed by the Segre river, one extends the region of L´Alt Urgell, place of splendid landscapes and rich history. The capital, the Seu d´Urgell is one of the oldest cities of Catalonia and neuralgic center of the zone. It is worth the trouble to visit his old helmet and to walk or to make sport in the Olympic Park of the Segre, that welcomed competitions of piragüismo in the Olympic Games of Barcelona 92. |
In the environs it can be enjoyed the best supply of forest and Nordic ski resorts of the South side of Pyrenean magnificent of pines and firs. In the environs the church of the old benedictine abbey of Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles, consecrated in the 1.040 can be visited. Its frontal of the altar is in the MNAC of Barcelona and part of its capitals in the United States.
Very next to the Seu d´Urgell as much is the Principality of Andorra, that deserves a visit, by its great commercial areas like by its natural and artistic beauties. It also has Andorra excellent tracks of ski and manifold possibilities for the lovers of the mountain sports.
Following the course of the Segre towards the south, the locality of Organyà has a church of century XII, Santa Maria, of three ships, bell tower of square plant and remarkable cover. In this locality were the famous Homilies, the older text literary known in Catalan language, that date from centuries XII and XIII. One is six sermons with commentaries of different gospels and epistles that are conserved today in the Library of Catalonia.
A little more to the south, we found in Coll de Nargó the old románica church of Sant Climent with an exceptional bell tower leaned with large windows in horseshoe arc. In this same municipality, Sant Romà de Valldarques is a pretty church of century XII with bell tower of tower with decoration lombarda.
The Cerdagne Valley is an ample valley of East-West direction located between the pirenaica mountain range and the mountain ranges of the Cadí and Moixeró. Its strategic situation made object of numerous disputes between France and Spain, until in the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) the natural region between both countries was divided. The Spanish provincial division returned administratively to divide it between the provinces of Lérida and Girona. This valley is at the moment an important tourist center, thanks to its beautiful landscapes and a good equipment for the sports of mountain and ski. The capital, Puigcerdà, located on a hill, were founded on year 1,177 by king Alfonso II of Aragón, and are the main urban and commercial nucleus of the region.
The Cerdagne Valley has interesting monuments of diverse times and styles. Lived from the neolithic one it has been always a land of step and at medieval time, after the consolidation of the county, it reached the artistic moment more brilliant of his history. Beautiful examples of Romanesque Art can see in churches as the one of It carved or Santa Eugenia de Nerellà and the walls of Bellver that are an example of military architecture of century XIII. The gothic one well is represented in the churches of Bellver and Puigcerdà (Sant Domènec and Santa Maria). In Llívia, it nails in French territory, one is the peculiar medieval pharmacy, probably oldest of Europe. |
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