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Cardona i el Salí / Cardona and it's salt valley

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

 

Foto presa amb una Kodak No.1 Panoram, model C, fabricada entre 1903 i 1905; pel·licula Kentmere Pan 100.

 

La vila de Cardona s'exten a ponent del seu castell, i estava tota ella enmurallada, fortificacions de les quals encara en queden unes poques restes.

 

A la esquerra es pot veure la Muntanya de Sal.

 

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Panoramic view taken with a Kodak No.1 Panoram, model C, an unusual box camera made c.1903-1905; Kentmere Pan 100.

 

The town of Cardona seen from up the mighty castle, see of the viscounts of Cardona. In the middle ages it was one of the richest towns as it had the all important salt mines. It was a walled town and was besieged several times, specially in 1711 and 1714.

 

Below the town, to the left, you can see the so called Salt Mountain., a unique site that could be visited.

 

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