Canyet
Canyet is a district of Badalona that occupies the northern end of the municipality. Limits The current limits approved by the Town Hall in 1980 are: riera de Canyet turning westwards by the road from Can Mora to the municipal term of Santa Coloma de Gramanet, limit of this term and that of Montcada y Reixac, limit with San Fausto de Campcentellas, Riera de Pomar, Turó d'en Boscà y Calle Ferrater. Basic data * Is a district biggest of Badalona with 562.78 ha * Its population is 565 (2002) representing only 0.3% of the total of Badalona Urban area The neighborhood is formed by a group of isolated typical farms and a more modern nuclei formed from constructions for vacationers. These summer resorts began in the decade of the twenties of last century and ended up becoming the first residences. Heritage The good conservation of the farms is the reason that 12 of them are included in the special Plan of protection of the historical heritage of Badalona. They are the farmh ...
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Badalona
Badalona (, , , ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. By population, it is the third largest city in Catalonia and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities, twenty-third in Spain. It became a city in 1897. Names The name Badalona comes from ancient Iberian word ''Baitolo'' according to the legend of several bronze coins of the end of the 2nd century BC found in the city. This word was the origin of the Latin name ''Baetulo'' that was as the Romans named the new city they founded off the coast of present Badalona. The oldest mention of the name Baetulo is from ''De Chorographia'' of Pomponius Mela (43–44 AD), who use the same name for the Besòs (river), Besòs river (named ''Bissaucio'' during the Middle Ages). Following the Roman era, during the High Middle Ages the name ''Baetulo'' evolved t ...
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Barri I Vall De Canyet
In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the ''Skírnismál'': :Barri the grove is named, :which we both know, :the grove of tranquil paths. :Nine nights hence, :there to Niörd’s son :Gerd will grant delight. : ::—''För Skirnis eðr Skirnismál'' (39)Thorpe's translation In Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth (found in ''Gylfaginning'', 37), the place is called Barrey or Barey: :And nine nights later she was to come to the place called Barrey, and then go to the bridal with Freyr. : ::—''Gylfaginning'' (37)Brodeur's translation The meaning of the name is uncertain. Barri is called a grove (''lundr'') but Bar(r)ey is probably an island (''ey'' being the Old Norse for "island")Faulkes 1988. and could be connected with Barra, one of the Hebrides islands, which was once called Barrey.Simek 1996. The meaning of the first part of the name, ''barr'', is not very enlightening for it has several meanings: "pine need ...
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Can Mora
Can may refer to: Containers * Aluminum can * Drink can * Oil can * Steel and tin cans * Trash can * Petrol can * Metal can (other) Music * Can (band), West Germany, 1968 ** ''Can'' (album), 1979 * Can (South Korean band) Other * Can (name), Turkish and Circassian given name and surname * Can (verb) * Canning of food * River Can, Essex, UK * Canada * Tomato can (sports idiom) See also * CAN (other) * Cann (other) * Cans (other) * Kan (other) Kan or KAN may refer to: Places * Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia * Kan District of Iran * Kan, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Batken Region * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code * Kannapolis (Amtrak s ...

Santa Coloma De Gramanet
Santa Coloma de Gramenet () informally simply known as Santa Coloma (in Spanish: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, historically also known as ''Gramenet de Besòs'') is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the Litoral range, with the Puig Castellar (299 m) as its highest point, on the left bank of the Besòs river: the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona separate it from the coast. It's the ninth most populated city in Catalonia. The area has been inhabited since at least the Iberic period, and the remains of an Iberic village have been found on Puig Castellar. The artefacts are housed in a museum in ''La Torre Balldovina'', a building dating from the 18th century. Other notable buildings include the renaissance palace of ''La Torre Pallaresa'' and the ''noucentista'' ''Clínica Mental''. In November 2008, the city made worldwide news by installing solar panels on top of crypts in the local cemetery, in an effort to help ...
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Montcada Y Reixac
Montcada may refer to: * Montcada i Reixac, municipality containing the town of Montcada, near Barcelona * House of Montcada, aristocratic dynasty linked to Montcada i Reixac *Margaret of Montcada viscountess of Béarn (from 1290 to 1310) * Moncada, Valencia Moncada is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain. Place names On the official writings in Latin ''Monscatanus'' was used, from ''mons'' ('mountain') and Celtic ''catanus'' ('juniper'?), making ''Mont ...

San Fausto De Campcentellas
Sant Fost de Campsentelles is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ..., Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 8,666. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ...
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Riera De Pomar
Riera may refer to: People *Albert Riera (b. 1982), a Spanish retired footballer who last played for Espanyol, Liverpool and Galatasaray * Arnau Riera (b. 1981), a Spanish retired footballer who played for Sunderland *Carme Riera (b. 1948), a Spanish novelist and essayist *Fernando Riera (1920 - 2010), a Chilean former football player and manager *Gabi Riera, an Andorran football player *José Vicente Riera Calatayud (1867 - 1954), a Spanish pilota player *Marieta Riera (b. 1963), a Venezuelan former athlete who specialised in the javelin throw *Oriol Riera (b. 1986), Spanish former footballer and current assistant manager of AD Alcorcón B *Rodrigo Riera (1923 – 1999), a Venezuelan guitarist and composer *Sito Riera (b. 1987), a Spanish footballer who plays for Enosis Neon Paralimni FC *Teresa Riera (b. 1950), a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament Places * La Riera, Cangas de Onís, in Asturias, Spain * La Riera de Gaià, in Catalonia * La Riera (Colunga), i ...
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Torre Codina Detall Torre
''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian, Occitan and Corsican) and may refer to: Biology * Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome * ''Sypharochiton torri'', a mollusc Chess * Carlos Torre Repetto, Mexican chess grandmaster ** Torre Attack, an opening in chess * Eugenio Torre (born 1951), Filipino chess grandmaster * An alternative name for a rook in chess Places Brazil * Torre, a neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Recife England * Torre, Torquay, an area of Torquay in Devon * Torre, Somerset, a hamlet in the county of Somerset France * Torre, Corsica Italy * Torre Annunziata, a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania * Torre Archirafi, a frazione in the comune of Riposto in the province of Catania in the region of Sicily * Torre Boldone, a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy * Torre Bormida, a comune i ...
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Monastery Of San Jerónimo De La Murtra
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns, to vast complexes and estates housing tens or hundreds. A monastery complex typically comprises a number of buildings which include a church, dormitory, cloister, refectory, library, balneary and infirmary, and outlying granges. Depending on the location, the monastic order and the occupation of its inhabitants, the complex may also include a wide range of buildings that facilitate self-sufficiency and service to the community. These may include a hospice, a school, and a range of agricultural and manufacturing buildings such as a barn, a forge, o ...
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