Cardona, Spain facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Cardona
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Cardona from the air
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Country | Spain | |
Community | Catalonia | |
Province | Barcelona | |
Comarca | Bages | |
Area | ||
• Total | 66.7 km2 (25.8 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 506 m (1,660 ft) | |
Population | ||
• Total | KIDDLE_IB |
Cardona is a town in the Spanish region of Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona; about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the city of Barcelona, on a hill almost surrounded by the river Cardener, 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 11th-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
Notable people
- Serafín Marsal (1862–1956), Paraguayan sculptor
- Berto Romero, comedian.
Twin towns
See also
In Spanish: Cardona para niños