Calaceite () or Calaceit () is a municipality located in the

Matarraña Matarraña () or Matarranya () is a comarca in eastern Aragon, bordering the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia and Valencia. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. Its capital is Valderrobres, and ...

comarca, in the

province of Teruel Teruel (Catalan: ''Terol'' ) is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel. It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Za ...

, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

(

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), the municipality has a population of 1,145 inhabitants. There are many ancient buildings of great architectural value in the town, as well as the ruins of an

ancient Iberian The Iberians ( la, Hibērī, from el, Ἴβηρες, ''Iberes'') were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among ...

village at Sant Antoni. This town is part of the Catalan-speaking area of Aragon.

Demographics

Calaceite has 1,132 inhabitants (

2008).

Gastronomy

The flaonets de Calaceit (''flaonets'', ca, little flaons) are small flaons made in Calaceite. They are small pastries filled with pumpkin

jam Jam is a type of fruit preserve. Jam or Jammed may also refer to: Other common meanings * A firearm malfunction * Block signals ** Radio jamming ** Radar jamming and deception ** Mobile phone jammer ** Echolocation jamming Arts and ente ...

and honey. The ''flaonets'' were one of the traditional pastries fondly remembered by painter

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in ...

.Jaume Fàbrega, ''Dalícies: a taula amb Salvador Dalí'', Cossetània Edicions

Gallery

Image:Conzello de Calazeit.jpg, Town Hall of Calaceite File:Poblat ibèric de Sant Antoni (Calaceit, Terol).jpg, Sant Antoni

Ilercavones The Ilercavones were an ancient Iberian (Pre- Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language. History The name Ilercavonia to refer to the territory occupied by this Iberian t ...

Iberian village

References

External links

Town hall of Calaceite

Website about Calaceite
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel Matarraña/Matarranya {{Teruel-geo-stub