Gandesa
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| Country | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Community | File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia |
| Province | Tarragona |
| Comarca | Terra Alta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carles Luz Muñoz (2015)[1] |
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| Climate | Csa |
| Website | www |
Gandesa (ca) is the capital of the comarca of Terra Alta, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of Template:Population WD.
History
[edit]In the place known as Coll del Moro there is an ancient Iberian archaeological site belonging to the Ilercavones tribe that lived in this area before Roman times.
Gandesa has a church with unusual and interesting sculptures on the Romanesque porch.[3]
The old winery of Gandesa, also known in Catalonia as one of the Wine Cathedrals, is from Modernisme and Noucentisme style and was designed by the architect Cèsar Martinell in 1919.
Gandesa was at the center of fighting during the Battle of the Ebro (Battle of Gandesa and Siege of Gandesa) in the Spanish Civil War. In the summer of 1938, Republican forces crossed the Ebro in an attempt to throw back the Nationalist armies of General Franco. This is mentioned in the ballad "Jamie Foyers" and Si me quieres escribir, also known as El Frente de Gandesa.[4] Now there is a museum devoted to the Battle of the Ebro in Gandesa.[5]
On December 23, 1948, an Iberia Airlines Douglas DC-3 crashed in bad weather near Gandesa killing all 27 occupants.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ajuntament de Gandesa". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Gandesa". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ Gandesa – A Church in New Catalonia
- ↑ "Si me quieres escribir - Ya sabes mi paradero - El Frente de Gandesa - Los emboscados". Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ↑ "Museo de Gandesa - CEBE - Centre d'Estudis de la batalla de l'Ebre". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gandesa. |
- Gandesa official site
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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