Instituts-Templers is a district of

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

, Catalonia, Spain. It's made up of different areas between La Mariola, Universitat and the river

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, mostly working-class, some middle class. "Templers-Escorxador" is located within the portion of medieval Lleida which was once owned by the

Knights Templar , colors = White mantle with a red cross , colors_label = Attire , march = , mascot = Two knights riding a single horse , equipment ...

, 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 during the 1990s and especially the 2000s (decade). It had over 15000 inhabitants in 2009. The

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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 Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador (Catalan for ''Slaughterhouse Theatre'') is a theatre on carrer de Lluís Companys, in the Templers-Instituts quarter of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It's remarkable for its striking '' modernista''-art nouveau archi ...

complex on carrer de Lluís Companys, including the Cafè del Teatre and the

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, next to

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hill, the Peasants Monument, the Acadèmia Mariana and the future

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, the first of its kind in Spain.http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=570656&idseccio_PK=1050

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