Cardona des de La Coromina / Fortress and urbex
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una càmera Graflex Crown Graphic de 4x5 polzades; objectiu Graflex Optar f4,7/135mm; pel·licula Fomapan 100.
El castell de Cardona, vist des del barri de La Coromina, a baix a la llera del Cardener.
El castell de Cardona és un dels més importants de la historia de Catalunya, pel seus vincles amb els vescomtes de Cardona, el control de les mines de sal, i els setges borbonics durant la guerra de Successió, notablement el de 1711 i el de 1713-1714, on només es rendí després de la caiguda de Barcelona.
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Picture taken with a Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 camera made c.1950; Graflex Optar f4,7 135mm lens; Fomapan 100 film.
The castle of Cardona, above the city of the same name, seen from the area of La Coromina, down by the Cardener river. It's in this area that most salt mining industries were located, now partially abandoned.
It's one of the key fortresses in Catalonia, with a lot of history in medieval and modern times, most notably it's control of the salt mines and the borbonic sieges of 1711 and 1713-1714 during the War of the Spanish Succession, where it was the last standing spot of Catalan resistance, only surrendering a week after the fall of Barcelona.
It's romanesque church is also one of the more relevant in Catalonia. And Orson Welles filmed here Chimes at Midnight (1965).
Cardona des de La Coromina / Fortress and urbex
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una càmera Graflex Crown Graphic de 4x5 polzades; objectiu Graflex Optar f4,7/135mm; pel·licula Fomapan 100.
El castell de Cardona, vist des del barri de La Coromina, a baix a la llera del Cardener.
El castell de Cardona és un dels més importants de la historia de Catalunya, pel seus vincles amb els vescomtes de Cardona, el control de les mines de sal, i els setges borbonics durant la guerra de Successió, notablement el de 1711 i el de 1713-1714, on només es rendí després de la caiguda de Barcelona.
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Picture taken with a Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 camera made c.1950; Graflex Optar f4,7 135mm lens; Fomapan 100 film.
The castle of Cardona, above the city of the same name, seen from the area of La Coromina, down by the Cardener river. It's in this area that most salt mining industries were located, now partially abandoned.
It's one of the key fortresses in Catalonia, with a lot of history in medieval and modern times, most notably it's control of the salt mines and the borbonic sieges of 1711 and 1713-1714 during the War of the Spanish Succession, where it was the last standing spot of Catalan resistance, only surrendering a week after the fall of Barcelona.
It's romanesque church is also one of the more relevant in Catalonia. And Orson Welles filmed here Chimes at Midnight (1965).