Cornudella de Montsant

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Cornudella de Montsant
Municipality
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The town with the massive escarpments in the background
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Cornudella de Montsant
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°16′01″N0°54′22″E / 41.26694°N 0.90611°E / 41.26694; 0.90611
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Tarragona
Comarca Priorat
Government
 •  Mayor Salvador Salvadó Porqueres (2015) [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi)
Elevation
533 m (1,749 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
 • Total964
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Demonym Cornudellenc
Postal code
43360
Website www.cornudella.altanet.org
A giant paella being cooked during the village festival Paella day cornudella de montsant 2003.jpg
A giant paella being cooked during the village festival

Cornudella de Montsant is a municipality in the comarca of the Priorat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the north-west of the comarca below the Montsant range and the Prades Mountains. The Siurana reservoir is on the territory of the municipality and supplies its drinking water.

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Sites near to the village include the Sant Joan del Codolar Hermitage. The village derives income from tourism and agriculture, particularly wine and hazelnuts. Cornudella de Montsant is at the centre of one of the world's major rock climbing regions.

History

In medieval times the town was part of the Barony of Entença.

The painter and Carthusian monk Joaquim Juncosa was a native of this town before he moved to the nearby monastery of Scala Dei where he painted several frescoes and pictures. [4]

The old winery of Cornudella de Montsant, also known in Catalonia as one of the 'Wine Cathedrals, was built during the Modernisme and Noucentisme periods and was designed by architect Cèsar Martinell.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ajuntament de Cornudella de Montsant". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Cornudella de Montsant". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. ↑ Spooner, S. (July 2023). A Biographical History of the Fine Arts. Outlook Verlag. p. 432. ISBN   9783368183806 . Retrieved 27 November 2023.


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