Calaceite () or Calaceit () is a municipality located in the
Matarraña comarca, in the
province of Teruel,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
, Spain. According to the 2004
census (
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 village at
Sant Antoni
Sant Antoni is a neighborhood in the ''Eixample'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Its non-official centre, the marketplace of the same name—designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built between 1872 and 1882—is one of the oldest an ...
. 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'', ca, little flaons) are small
flaons made in Calaceite. They are small pastries filled with
pumpkin
A pumpkin is a vernacular term for mature winter squash of species and varieties in the genus ''Cucurbita'' that has culinary and cultural significance but no agreed upon botanical or scientific meaning. The term ''pumpkin'' is sometimes use ...
jam and honey. The ''flaonets'' were one of the traditional pastries fondly remembered by painter
Salvador Dalí.
[Jaume Fàbrega, ''Dalícies: a taula amb Salvador Dalí'', Cossetània Edicions ]
Gallery
Image:Conzello de Calazeit.jpg, Town Hall of Calaceite
File:Poblat ibèric de Sant Antoni (Calaceit, Terol).jpg, Sant Antoni Ilercavones Iberian village
References
External links
Town hall of CalaceiteWebsite about Calaceite
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
Matarraña/Matarranya
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