Cardona | |
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| Coordinates:41°54′49″N1°40′50″E / 41.91361°N 1.68056°E /41.91361; 1.68056 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Bages |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ferran Estruch Torrents (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.7 km2 (25.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 506 m (1,660 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[3] | |
• Total | 4,553 |
| • Density | 68.3/km2 (177/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 08261 |
| Website | www |
Cardona (Catalan pronunciation:[kəɾˈðonə]) is a town in the Spanish region ofCatalonia, in theprovince of Barcelona; about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the city ofBarcelona, on a hill almost surrounded by the riverCardener, a branch of theLlobregat. To the east of the town, the river has been diverted through a tunnel has been dug through a spur, leaving a loop of dry river bed near the saltmine.
Near the town is an extensive deposit ofrock salt. The salt forms a mountain mass (calledMuntanya de Sal) covered by a thick bed of a reddish-brown clay, and apparently resting on a yellowish-greysandstone. It is generally more or less translucent, and large masses of it are quite transparent. The hill has been worked like a mine since Roman times; pieces cut from it have been carved by artists in Cardona into images, crucifixes and many articles of an ornamental kind.[4]
The movieChimes at Midnight, byOrson Welles, was filmed at the castle in Cardona.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cardona".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 324.
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