La Seu d'Urgell and the Cadí
Catalonia, Spain
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Cadí-Moixeró
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La Seu d'Urgell and the Cadí
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La Seu d'Urgell sits where the Valira meets the Segre below Andorra, and its bishop is still one of the two co-princes of Andorra — a head of state living in a Catalan market town. Its 12th-century cathedral is the only entirely Romanesque cathedral left in Catalonia and is unique there for how Italian it looks — a contract of 1175 gave one Ramon Llambard seven years to close the vaults and raise the towers, and he was probably Lombard, which is where the style came from. The church was never finished. East of the town the Cadí-Moixeró natural park runs along a limestone wall over twenty kilometres long, with the Pedraforca — a mountain split into two prongs — as its landmark, and one of the strongest chamois populations in the Pyrenees.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Go into the cathedral, the only entirely Romanesque one left in Catalonia, and find the open gallery across the apse
2
of 5
Work out that the bishop of this town is a co-prince of Andorra and what that actually means
3
of 5
Drive or walk to a viewpoint on the Cadí wall and look along twenty kilometres of unbroken limestone
4
of 5
Find the Pedraforca and work out why a mountain with two prongs got that name
5
of 5
Look for chamois on the Cadí, which holds one of the densest populations in the Pyrenees
Go into the cathedral, the only entirely Romanesque one left in Catalonia, and find the open gallery across the apse
Work out that the bishop of this town is a co-prince of Andorra and what that actually means
Drive or walk to a viewpoint on the Cadí wall and look along twenty kilometres of unbroken limestone
Find the Pedraforca and work out why a mountain with two prongs got that name
Look for chamois on the Cadí, which holds one of the densest populations in the Pyrenees
Before you go
High Pyrenean terrain with fast weather changes; the Pedraforca is a serious scramble, not a walk. Roads can be closed by snow.
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Challenge XP
300 XP
Spain country bonus
+100 XP
Potential total
400 XP
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