Calaceite () or ''Calaceit'' () is a municipality located in the
Matarraña
Matarraña () or Matarranya () is a comarca in eastern Aragon, bordering the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia and Valencia. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area.
Its capital is Valderrobres, ...
comarca, in the
province of Teruel
Teruel ( Catalan: ''Terol'' ) is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel.
It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Z ...
,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
, Spain. According to the 2004
census
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(
INE), the municipality has a population of 1,145 inhabitants.
There are many ancient buildings of great architectural value in the town, as well as the ruins of an
ancient Iberian
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village at San Antonio. This town is part of the
Catalan-speaking area of Aragon.
Demographics
Calaceite has 1,132 inhabitants (
INE 2008).
Gastronomy
The flaonets de Calaceit (''flaonets'', ) are small
flaons made in Calaceite. They are small pastries filled with
pumpkin
A pumpkin is a cultivar, cultivated winter squash in the genus ''Cucurbita''. The term is most commonly applied to round, orange-colored squash varieties, but does not possess a scientific definition. It may be used in reference to many dif ...
jam
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There are many varieties of fruit preserves globally, distinguished by the meth ...
and honey. The ''flaonets'' were one of the traditional pastries fondly remembered by painter
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...
.
[Jaume Fàbrega, ''Dalícies: a taula amb Salvador Dalí'', Cossetània Edicions ]
Gallery
Image:Conzello de Calazeit.jpg, Town Hall of Calaceite
File:Calaceite San Antonio 569.JPG, San Antonio Ilercavones
The Ilercavones were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language.
History
The name Ilercavonia to refer to the territory occupied by this Iberian ...
Iberian village
See also
*
List of municipalities in Teruel
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Teruel in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. There are 236 municipalities in the province. List
See also
* Geography of Spain
* List of cities in Spain
* List of Aragonese comarcas ...
References
External links
Town hall of CalaceiteWebsite about Calaceite
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
Matarraña/Matarranya
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