Cornudella de Montsant | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.2669°N 0.9061°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tarragona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Priorat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Salvador Salvadó Porqueres (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 63.5 |
Elevation M: | 533 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Cornudellenc |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 43360 |
Cornudella de Montsant (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /koɾnuˈðeʎa ðe monˈsan/) 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.
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.
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.[3]
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.