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Wednesday, 3rd April at 21.30h at the National Auditorium, Ordino. (20€, or 15% discount with advanced booking. A very few seats left for James Rhodes’ world piano tour: Fire on all sides.
Thursday, 4th April at 20h at the Centre de Congressos, Andorra la Vella. (25€/35€ online). Stacy Kent – jazz singer. Originally from New Jersey, USA, …
MoreThe French steam locomotive Coupe-Vent 220 – C145 from 1900.
The 220 PLM C 61 to C 180 are type 220 speed locomotives from the PLM company. They had a fairing (called “windbreaker”) and were called the “big C”, as opposed to the series 220 C 11 and 12 and C 21 to 60, called “small …
MoreThe Os Castle (cat. El castell d’Os) is located above the village of Os de Balaguer (Noguera), at the top of a hill that stands over the upper part of the Farfanya river valley. It is a monument declared cultural asset of national interest.
It is of Arab origin, it was documented in 1036 in the …
MoreViva Catalonia. VAZ 2121 NIVA. Made in USSR. It was the first mass-production off-road vehicle to combine a unibody architecture with a coil-sprung independent front suspension, and is a predecessor to current crossover SUVs
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The castle of Boixadors (cat. El castell de Boixadors) is a building in the municipality of Sant Pere Sallavinera (Anoia). It is raised on a hill in a privileged position, giving it control over the access roads to the plateau of Calaf and the eastern side of the district, at the edge of the Bagench boundaries. …
MoreManresana tower (cat. La Torre de la Manresana) is a watchtower located in the center of Manresana, in the municipality of Prats de Rei, in the Anoia comarca. It is a building declared a cultural asset of national interest.
It appears documented from about 1034, but the current construction dates from the 12th century, so it …
MoreThe Castle of Calaf (cat. El Castell de Calaf) is at the top of the town of Calaf, at top of a hill. It is declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest (Bé Cultural d’Interès Nacional). From the castle it was possible to control the town and the entire surrounding plain, where two important communication routes passed: …
MoreEnfesta Castle (cat. El castell d’Enfesta) is located in the enclave of Enfesta, in the municipality of La Molsosa, region of Solsonès. It was declared Cultural Good of National Interest by means of the decree published in the BOE (Boletín Oficial del Estado – official state gazette) on May 5th, 1949. It is currently undergoing restoration.
It …
MoreThe Castellfollit Castle or Castellfollit de Riubregós (cat. El castell de Castellfollit o de Castellfollit de Riubregós) is a fortification in the municipality of Castellfollit de Riubregós, in the comarca of Anoia (Catalonia). It is usually called the castle of Sant Esteve because it had a temple dedicated to this saint. It is five minutes walking …
MoreSant Antoni de Pàdua in Vilanova de Prades, Spain. Oil on canvas by Joan Mañé
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