Friday, January 31, 2020

Solsona

The city of Solsona
Solsona (cat. Solsona) is the main city and municipality of the Solsonès comarca (cat. Solsonès) in the Catalan province of Lleida (cat. Lleida). It is located on the Solsones plateau, in the very center of the comarca and on all sides, except the north, it is surrounded by the territory of the municipality of Olius (cat. Olius). And from the north it is adjoined by the municipality of Lladurs (ct. Lladurs) and the Miravella enclave (cat. Miravella) is interspersed.
With 8914 inhabitants in 2016, it is the largest city of comarca and is the main economic and cultural engine, as well as the place where its main administrative bodies concentrated. Since 1594, Solsona has been given the status of a city. See here Solsona history
Francesco Ribalta (cat. Francesc Ribalta) is one of the most famous names in Spain. The artist was born in Solsona on – Castell Street №18 (June 2, 1565). He was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, mostly of religious subjects. The tenebrist style gathered a number of adherents in Spain, and was to influence the pre-eminent Baroque or Golden Age Spanish painters, especially Zurbarán, but also Velázquez and Murillo.

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