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Alella (wine)
Alella is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) (''Denominació d'Origen'' in Catalan language, Catalan) for wines produced in Maresme county in the province of Province of Barcelona, Barcelona in the Spain, Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities of Catalonia, located on the Mediterranean coast, 15 km to the north of the city of Barcelona. It is one of the smallest DOs in Spain as the vineyards have been encroached upon by urban development. At the present time it only covers one third of the area that it covered in 1956 when it was established,http://www.gencat.cat/diari/4585/06045138.htm (in Catalan) despite a territorial extension in 1989. History Wines have been produced in this area since the time of the ancient Romans, and were mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his ''Naturalis Historia'' and by Martial in his ''Epigrams'', when they were known as ''vins laietans''. Structures have been found at the archaeological site of Veral de Vallmora, near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Barcelona
Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . idescat.cat. A total of 5,743,402 people live in the province, of whom about 29% (1,664,182) live within the administrative limits of the city of Barcelona, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area
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