Sallent de Gállego (in Aragonese: ''Sallent de Galligo'' or ''Sallén de Galligo'')Toponyms: towns with local name in Aragonese in Great Aragonese Encyclopedia
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province of Huesca Huesca (; ), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French departments of Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées- ...

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, Spain. The town is located in the central

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besides the reservoir of Lanuza on the foot of some of the highest summits of the chain, close to the border with

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. It is part of the Alto Gállego

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, and it is the capital of the Tena Valley. These localities are also part of the municipality: Formigal, Portalet d'Aneu, Lanuza, Escarrilla, Tramacastilla and

Sandiniés Sandiniés (Spanish pronunciation: anði'ɲes is a population unit situated in the municipality of Sallent de Gállego ( Alto Gállego, Huesca, Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous commu ...

Landscape

The Gállego river runs through the town and its first tributary, the ''Aguas Limpias'', unites to the Gállego inside the town. Both rivers' sources are inside the municipality. The Foratata peak (2,000 m) towers over the town, being an iconic peak for all the valley. Other important summits belonging to the municipality are Anayet, Tres Hombres, Arriel and Balaitous, many of them are over 3000 meters high. The GR 11 route that goes along all the Pyrenees goes through the municipality. The Portalet pass that links the Tena Valley, in Spain, and the

Ossau Valley The Ossau Valley ( ; / ) is a valley of the France, French Pyrénées, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''departments of France, département''. Administration 18 communes of France, communes belong to the Valley: Arudy, Aste-Béon, Béost, Besca ...

, in

, is also in Sallent de Gállego.

Winter sports

The Formigal

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, a few kilometers up from the town, is the largest resort in Spain and concentrates the majority of hotels and restaurants.

Climate

Sallent de Gallego has an

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(

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''Cfb'') bordering a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

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''Dfb''). The highest temperature recorded was on July 29, 1981 while the lowest was on March 11, 1985.

Sights

Sallent has as its main artistic attraction its Gothic Church of the Assumption of the early sixteenth century, which has a valuable plateresque altarpiece and the venerated image of the Virgen de las Nieves, which is the patron of the town. It has been declared of cultural interest. It also highlights the so-called Puente Romano, medieval bridge built in the 16th century. It saves the course of the Aguas Limpias river in the middle of the village, as well as the many emblazoned houses that dot the mottled old town. In the center of the village also it stands the popular Mentidero: a large bench which is decked and opened to the street and it is still used by residents and visitors as a meeting place. At Formigal, there is a small

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of Salvador de Basarán (10th century, rebuilt in 1972) which contrasts with the modernity of the buildings of the ski resort.

References

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