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Instituts-Templers is a district of
Instituts-Templers is a district of Lleida
Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...
, Catalonia
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, Spain
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. It's made up of different areas between La Mariola, Universitat and the river Segre, mostly working-class, some middle class. "Templers-Escorxador" is located within the portion of medieval Lleida which was once owned by the Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military ord ...
, hence the name. "Instituts" refers to the oldest public secondary institutes or high-schools of the 20th century town, that dominate the area next to Gardeny. It has undergone serious urban regeneration
Urban renewal (sometimes called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address real or perceived urban decay. Urban renewal involves the clearing ...
during the 1990s and especially the 2000s (decade). It had over 15000 inhabitants in 2009. The Battle of Ilerda
The Battle of Ilerda took place in June 49 BC between the forces of Julius Caesar and the Spanish army of Pompey Magnus, led by his legates Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius. Unlike many of the other battles of the civil war, this was more ...
took place in this area of Roman-era Lleida, then called Ilerda.
Landmarks
Landmarks include the Templar Gardeny Castle on Gardeny Hill, the Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador complex on carrer de Lluís Companys, including the Cafè del Teatre and the Aula Municipal del Teatre, next to La Serreta hill, the Peasants Monument, the Acadèmia Mariana and the future Climate Change Museum, the first of its kind in Spain.http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=570656&idseccio_PK=1050See also
* Districts and neighbourhoods of LleidaReferences