Cardona, Spain

This airticle is aboot Cardona in Catalonia. For ither uisses, see Cardona (disambiguation).

Cardona
Municipality
Church of Sant Miquel
Coat airms
Cardona Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°54′49″N 1°40′50″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Bages
Govrenment
• Mayor	Ferran Estruch Torrents
Area
• Total	66.38 km2 (25.63 sq mi)
Elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	5,187
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Offeecial 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

• Cardona, Uruguay

Bibliography

•  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. CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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 (Spaingie). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial steid (in Catalan)
• Associació Cultural El Mercat del Blat Archived 2017-10-18 at the Wayback Machine (Cultural Association o Cardona)
• Associació Cultural 18 de Setembre Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (Cultural Association o Cardona)