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Enroig
Enroig (, es, Anroig) is a small village located within Xert municipal term, Baix Maestrat. Its population was 51 inhabitants in 2006. This small village is located 3 km west of Xert, close to the N-232 road. Until the mid 20th century there were inns for people travelling between Vinaròs and Morella, Castellón, Morella or beyond. These inns provided food and rooms for travellers as well as stabling and fodder for the horses pulling the coaches. Presently there is a small church and a few houses providing board and lodging for agritourists and hikers. Tourists come mainly for the beautiful and unspoilt mountain surroundings of this largely uninhabited area. The Rambla de Cervera flows right south of the village. References External links Xert - Excursionismo {{coord, 40, 30, 47, N, 0, 07, 10, E, type:city, display=title Baix Maestrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xert
Xert () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Baix Maestrat in the Valencian Community, Spain. The mountains known as Moles de Xert rise above the town and are included in its administrative area. History On the hill known as ''Mola Murada'' there are remains of an ancient Iberian village of the Bronze Age. During the time of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania Xert was a Saracene town depending from Cervera. After 1233 it was taken over by the Knights Hospitaller, then in 1319 the Order of Montesa took over until the 19th century saw the end of manorialism. In 1836 there were pitched battles between Carlists and Liberals in the mountain areas near Xert. In the past Xert had its own lligallo in order to organize cattle herding in its area. The village of La Barcella was abandoned in 1609 and Fontanals during the time of the Spanish Maquis in mid 20th century. Villages * Enroig, 51 *La Barcella LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baix Maestrat
Baix Maestrat (; es, Bajo Maestrazgo ) is a coastal ''comarca'' located in the north of the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The capital of the ''comarca'' is Vinaròs. Municipalities The ''comarca'' is composed of 18 municipalities, listed below with their surface areas, their populations at the 2011 Census and according to the latest official estimates (for i January 2019) and their population density in 2019: Data from National Institute of Statistics 2019 Geography The ''comarca'' borders to the north-west with the province of Teruel (Aragon), to the north-east with the province of Tarragona (Catalonia), to the east with the Mediterranean Sea, to the south with the ''comarca'' of Plana Alta ( Castellón, Valencia) and to the west with the ''comarcas'' of Alt Maestrat ( Castellón, Valencia) and Els Ports ( Castellón, Valencia). Within the ''comarca'' lies Serra d'Irta, an 18.8 km long mountain range and the largest undeveloped coastal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-232
The N-232 is a highway in Spain. It broadly follows the Rio Ebro from Logroño to the coast. It starts south east of Logroño at the Autovía LO-20 and runs parallel to the Autopista AP-68. The road passes Calahorra before it junctions with the N-113, N-121 and Autovía A-15. The road passes Tudela and thereafter has been upgraded to Autovía status. 30 km to the south east is a junction with the N-122. The road then enters Zaragoza. There are also junctions with the N-330 and Autovía A-2 or Autovía A-23. The road then continues south east between the Rio Ebro and the Imperial Channel of Aragon. The AVE also crosses the road. The road leaves the valley to the south, passing Iberian ruins and the ''Momumento al Tambor'' before reaching Alcañiz. Here it crosses the N-211 and Rio Guadalope. The N-420 continues north east, passing over the ''Coll del Moro'' to Tarragona. The N-232 itself heads south through the mountains of '' El Maestrat''. The road is at parts narr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinaròs
Vinaròs () is a city located in eastern Spain and the capital of the Baix Maestrat in the province of Castelló. It is in the border between the Valencian Country and Catalonia. Vinaròs is a fishing harbour and tourist destination. History The first historical record of Vinaròs is in 1233, when the Moorish hamlet of ''Binarlaros-Ibn Arus'' in eastern al-Andaluz was captured by King James I of Aragon. It was under rule of the Knights templar order between 1294 and 1311, and of the order of Montesa during the 14th century. The town grew during the 16th and 17th centuries, when fortifications and navy yards were built, and attained great prosperity during the following two centuries, due to its involvement in ship building and Valencian wine trade. The town suffered a strong decline in the early 20th century as a consequence of the spread of phylloxera in the regions vineyards, which devastated wine production. Today, the prosperity of Vinaròs is bound to tourism and fishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morella, Castellón
Morella () is an ancient walled city located on a hill-top in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is the capital and administrative centre of the ''comarca'' of Els Ports, in the historic Maestrat (Maestrazgo) region. There are traces of settlement by the Iberians, succeeded by the Greeks and Romans, Visigoths and the Moors. From the early 17th century to the Spanish Civil War, the town was often fought over, due to its strategic situation between the Ebro and the coastal plain of Valencia. Morella is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. Every six years the citizens celebrate the ''Sexenni'', a commemoration of the town's recovery from the plague in the seventeenth century. Tourism now plays an important part in the local economy, along with agriculture. In the 20th century the town and surrounding area became depopulated, a trend that has only been reversed in the early 21st century. The population of Morella at the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agritourist
Agritourism or agrotourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Types A 2018 article published in the ''Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development'' classified agritourism activities as falling into one or more categories: direct-to-consumer sales (e.g., farm stands, u-pick), agricultural education (e.g., school visits to a farm), hospitality (overnight farm stays), recreation (e.g., hunting, horseback riding), and entertainment (e.g., hayrides, harvest dinners). Most agritourists spent time visiting farm stands, picking fruit, or feeding animals; others may navigate a corn maze or do a farm stay, assisting with chores or agricultural or ranch work. Economic benefits Agricultural tourism has become a necessary means for many small farms’ survival. By diversifying business operations, farm operators are able to ensure a more stable income. This is because agritourism activities can occur dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikers
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A History of Walking'', 101-24. NYU Press, 2004. Accessed March 1, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qg056.7. Religious pilgrimages have existed much longer but they involve walking long distances for a spiritual purpose associated with specific religions. "Hiking" is the preferred term in Canada and the United States; the term "walking" is used in these regions for shorter, particularly urban walks. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" describes all forms of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in the UK, along with rambling , hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capella De La Mare De Déu Del Pilar D'Enroig (Xert)
Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, and the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega. A prominent object in the northern winter sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N. Its name meaning "little goat" in Latin, Capella depicted the goat Amalthea that suckled Zeus in classical mythology. Capella is relatively close, at from the Sun. It is one of the brightest X-ray sources in the sky, thought to come primarily from the corona of Capella Aa. Although it appears to be a single star to the naked eye, Capella is actually a quadruple star system organized in two binary pairs, made up of the stars Capella Aa, Capella Ab, Capella H and Capella L. The primary pair, Capella Aa and Capella Ab, are two bright-yellow gian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rambla De Cervera
Rambla may refer to: *Rambla, a synonym of Arroyo (creek) *La Rambla, Barcelona, a street in central Barcelona *Rambla de Catalunya, Barcelona, a major street in Barcelona *La Rambla, Córdoba, municipality in the province of Córdoba, Spain *Rambla de Ferran-Estació, neighborhood in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain *Rambla d'Aragó, Lleida, an important thoroughfare in the Universitat district of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain *Rambla Just Oliveras (Barcelona Metro), station of the Barcelona Metro *Rambla of Montevideo, the avenue that goes all along the coastline of Montevideo, Uruguay *Rambla del Poyo, 41 km Rambla in the Province of Valencia, Spain *La Rambla (climb), a famously difficult sport climb in Siurana, Catalonia (Spain) See also *San Juan de la Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife a municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife *Rambala *Ramla *La Rambla (other) La Rambla can refer to: * Hispanic term with similar meaning as Esplanade * Arroyo (creek), a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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