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Avinyó
Avinyó () is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located in the comarca of Bages, province of Barcelona Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . Municipalities in Bages {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artés
Artés () is a Spanish town in the province of Barcelona, Bages Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county), in Catalonia. Location The town of Artés is located at the center of Catalonia, at the eastern edge of the plain zone of Bages -commonly known as Pla de Bages. The town is in the basin of the Gavarresa river and of its affluent, the stream of Malrubí. It is bordered on the North by the towns of Sallent de Llobregat, Sallent and Avinyó, in the South by Calders and it shares a small border in the West with Navarcles, on the limit of the Llobregat river. The town is near the Formació Artés, Artés Formation, a unique geological formation that owes its name to its proximity with the town. History The name of Artés is believed to derive from the Latin word '' Artium '', which means "fortified hill". This is based on the evidence of the existence of a 6th-century fortified church on the top of the hill of Artés, where the first settlers began to expand the village into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |