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N-330 (Road)
The N-330 is a highway in Aragon, Spain. It forms part of European Route E7. It connects with France at the Tunnel of Somport (12 km) with Huesca. It then becomes the Autovía A-23 to Zaragoza. It heads south to Daroca, where it becomes the N-234. The road emerges again south of Teruel following the Rio Turia. The N-420 branches west in the Rincón de Valencia rising to over 1,000m. It then runs south to Utiel and the Autovía A-3 in the province of Valencia. At Requena the road heads south again into the Sierra Martés with a junction with the N-322 and then crosses the Puerto de Cruz de Confrentes and then down to the Rio Xúquer. Thereafter it passes the Reserva Nacional de Muela de Cortes and a series of olive groves to Almansa and the Autovía A-31 The Autovía A-31, also known as the Autovía de Alicante, is a highway in Spain. The road connects Madrid to Alicante. It starts at a junction with the Autovía A-3 at Alarcón and heads south east to Albac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in the Valencian Community. Toponymy The name of the city echoes the Arabic name ''Laqant'' () or ''al-Laqant'' (), which in turn reflects the Latin '' Lucentum'' and Greek root ''Leuké'' (or ''Leuka''), meaning "white". History The area around Alicante has been inhabited for over 7000 years. The first tribes of hunter-gatherers moved down gradually from Central Europe between 5000 and 3000 BC. Some of the earliest settlements were made on the slopes of Mount Benacantil. By 1000 BC Greek and Phoenician traders had begun to visit the eastern coast of Spain, establishing small trading ports and introducing the native Iberian tribes to the alphabet, iron, and the pottery wheel. The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca established the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-420 (Carretera)
The N-420 is a highway in Spain. The road starts 36 km east of Córdoba at Montoro (Junction 356 of the Autovía A-4). The N-420 runs north through the heavily wooded Sierra Morena passing over the Puerto de Niella (902m) then crossing the valley of the Rio Montoro before taking the Puerto Pulido to Puertollano. The AVE Sevilla-Madrid runs parallel to the road on its way to Ciudad Real. Thereafter the road follows the Autovía A-43 before branching north to cross the A-4 again at Puerto Lapice, south of the Montes de Toledo. 21 km to the east the road passes Alcázar de San Juan and the Autovía CM-42 which is an upgrade of the CM-400. The landscape here is dominated by hill top Windmills. The road reaches Mota del Cuervo with a junction on the N-301 and Autopista AP-36, before passing the Castle of Belmonte 15 km later. After a junction with the Autovía A-3 (155 km) in La Almarcha the road passes along the valley of the Rio Jucar to Cuenca, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Aragon
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-31
The Autovía A-31, also known as the Autovía de Alicante, is a highway in Spain. The road connects Madrid to Alicante. It starts at a junction with the Autovía A-3 at Alarcón and heads south east to Albacete. Thereafter the Autovía A-30 branches off to Murcia. The A-31 heads east to Almansa and a junction with the Autovía A-35 before heading to the coast the Autovía A-7 and Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Autovia A-31 A-31 A-31 A-31 A-31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-322 (Road)
The N-322 is a highway in south east Spain. The road starts at the Autovía A-32, 3 km east of its junction with the Autovía A-4 at Linares. The road heads east past the ''Etang de Giribaile'' and north of the town of Úbeda. The road then turns north east along the eastern flank of the Sierra de Cazorla and past the waterfalls of ''Garganta'' on the River Guadalquivir past the ''Etang de Guadalmena'' after which it leaves Andalucia. The road follows the Rio Guadalmeria through the Sierra de Alcaraz before heading north east to Albacete where the road has been upgraded to the A-32 as a by-pass. The road crosses the Autovía A-31. The N-322 heads north across the valley of the Jũcar and then at Mahora the road turns north east. The road is now at 700 m elevation. The road then passes into the Province of Valencia passing over the Riu Cabriol and through heavily wooded countryside to Requena. Here the road meets the Autovía A-3 The Autovía A-3 (also called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Martés
Sierra Martés or Sierra de Martés (Valencian Language: ''Serra de Martés'') is a mountain range settled alongside the Valencian comarques of Requena-Utiel and Hoya de Buñol, province of Valencia (east Spain). Is one of the last Iberica formations, nowadays just there the Caroig's calcareous platform split by the Jucar River viaduct Has border at south with Mola d'Albeitar and Venta Gaeta (the twice are Cortes de Pallás's village) in the east and along the length of Sierra del Ave, Dos Aguas Dos Aguas ( ca-valencia, Dosaigües) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spa ... and Caballón. In the north side there's the Forata's Reservoir and by the west, the range lows until reach the Requena's Altiplano where the topography are more flat than Forata. Martés is protected by the Conselleria de Medio Ambien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia (province)
Valencia ( ca-valencia, València) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's over 2.5 million people (2018), one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the autonomous community and the 3rd biggest city in Spain, with a metropolitan area of 2,522,383 people it is also one of the most populated cities of Southern Europe.http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en There are 265 municipalities in the province. History Although the Spanish Constitution of 1812 loosely created the province of València, a stable administrative entity does not arise until the territorial division of Spain in 1833, remaining today without major changes. The Provincial Council of Valencia dates from that period. After the Valencian Statute of Autonomy of 1982, the province became part of the Valencian Community. Valencian and Spanish are the official languages. Geography It is borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-3
The Autovía A-3 (also called ''Autovía del Este'') ( ca-valencia, Autovia de l’Est) is a Spanish autovía which starts in Madrid and ends in Valencia. It is the shortest of the six radial autovías stemming from Madrid, at 355 km (220.5 miles), and the entirety of the route forms the entirety of the European route E901, a B class road in the International E-road network. Sections Major cities crossed *Madrid * Arganda del Rey * Tarancón * Honrubia * Motilla del Palancar *Minglanilla *Utiel * Requena *Buñol * Cheste *Valencia Route * ** / : Madrid () – Atalaya del Cañavate ()– Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ... () External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)Autovía A-3 in Google Maps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teruel
Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a wide daily variation on temperatures and its renowned '' jamón serrano'' (cured ham), its pottery, its surrounding archaeological sites, rock outcrops containing some of the oldest dinosaur remains of the Iberian Peninsula, and its famous events: '' La Vaquilla del Ángel'' during the weekend (Friday to Monday) closest to 10 July and "Bodas de Isabel de Segura" around the third weekend of February. Teruel is regarded as the "town of mudéjar" (Moorish-influenced architecture) due to numerous buildings designed in this style. All of them are comprised in the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon which is a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Teruel's remote and mountainous location above sea level and its low population has led to relative i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somport
Somport or Col du Somport, known also as the Aspe Pass or Canfranc Pass, (el. 1632 m.) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. Its name is derived from the Latin ''Summus portus''. It was one of the most popular routes for soldiers, merchants, and pilgrims to the tomb of St. James following the route from Arles to cross the Pyrenees. They travelled from Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, via Somport to Aragon, Spain. Military history There is recorded evidence of both the Vandals and the Visigothic invaders having used the relatively easy entrance to Spain from France in the fifth century. The Roman road constructed here, known as the Via Tolosana, was also used by Muslim invaders in the eighth century in their attempt to conquer France. The pass was fortified in the 16th century by the Habsburgs in fear of French invasion, which however would not occur until the Peninsular War and the arrival of Napoleon's general Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the center of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. On 1 January 2021 the population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 675,301, (the fifth most populated in Spain) on a land area of . The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about above sea level. Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 in the summer of 2008, a world's fair on water and sustainable development. It was also a candidate for the European Capital of Culture in 2012. The city is famous for its folklore, local cuisine, and landmarks such as the Basílica del Pilar, La Seo Cathedral and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-23
The Autovía A-23 is a motorway in Aragon, Spain. A-23 is an upgrade of the N-330 and N-234. As of June 2020, it starts in the province of Huesca then runs south to Zaragoza. Then, it follows the Jiloca River south to Teruel, through the Sierra d'Espada, to the coast at Sagunto. Plans call for the freeway to reach the French border at Somport where a 8.6-km two-lane cross-border tunnel has been in operation since 2003. The freeway is also known as ''Autovía Valencia-Francia'' or ''Autovía Sagunto-Somport''. Once fully complete, it will serve as an important connection between Valencia, Aragon, the Basque region, and France, through the Somport tunnel. The highway's nickname is "''spine of Aragon''" since it runs along the north-south through the region. The A-23 runs through the corridors of the N-234, between Sagunto and Retascón and the N-330 between Retascón and Jaca. The road is new and independent of national roads with two exceptions, one being 10 km from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
