La Pobla de Lillet explained

La Pobla de Lillet
Settlement Type:Municipality
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:42.244°N 1.975°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name2:Barcelona
Subdivision Name3:Berguedà
Leader Party:CiU
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Vicenç Linares Clota (2015)[1]
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:51.4
Elevation M:843
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Poblatà
Postal Code:08969
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Pushpin Map Caption1:Location in Spain

La Pobla de Lillet (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /lə ˈpob.blə ðə liˈʎɛt/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia. It is located in the upper valley of the Llobregat river and is linked to Guardiola de Berguedà by Road B-402.

The town is home to the Artigas Gardens, a park designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. Other sights include the 15th-century bridge, the Sanctuary of Falgars and remains of the late 13th-century fortress.

Transportation

The is a 600 mm gauge tourist railway that runs from the narrow gauge railway museum at La Pobla de Lillet to the cement museum at Clot del Moro.[3]

History

On September 8, 1864 La Pobla de Lillet suffered a major flood that took away a mill and two houses and in which a four-year-old boy died.[6]

Festivals

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de la Pobla de Lillet. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: La Pobla de Lillet. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.
  3. Web site: Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat - Traçat . ca . trenscat.com . 2010-07-29 .
  4. Castell de Lillet». Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
  5. Santandreu i Solé, M. Dolors. «Castell de Lillet». A: El Berguedà. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1985, p. 355-357 (Catalunya Romànica, XII). .
  6. Sala i Bartés, Miquel «La riuada del 1864 a la Pobla de Lillet». L'Erol, revista comarcal del Berguedà, 8, març 1984, pàg. 42.