Blogs from La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
June 9th 2010
It's rainy and overcast, but hey, we're in Spain and the Pyrenees at that!!! The drive was beautiful, often in the clouds. We took a side trip to Livia. Interesting that even then the lawyers were working with the small print. A 1659 Treaty with France made 33 Spanish villages French, but since Livia was a "town" it remained Spanish. It's 13 sq km is totally located within France. This tiny medieval town includes the oldest pharmacy in Europe, founded in 1415. It seemed early enough so we drove thru La Sue and went up to Andorra. it is a tiny country between Spain and France known primarily for shopping and skiing. Doesn't sound like the berbs..huh? Well it is primarily one traffic jam, especially when it's raining, but some of the areas outside of town ... read more
October 23rd 2009
Last weekend marked the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Ermengol in the Catalonian town of La Seu d'Urgell. It is supposedly documented as the oldest festival in all of Spain! La Seu d'Urgell, despite only having some 13,000 inhabitants, holds many festivals throughout the year and attracts people from throughout Catalonia as well as Andorra. It is also important in that the Bishop of La Seu is one of the Andorran co-princes. Said bishop actually died a few weeks ago, so now there's a new one, but that really isn't relevant. La Seu also was the site of the kayaking and canoeing activities for the Barcelona '92 olympics. Its Parc Olimpic del Segre still functions today. Other than that the city's appeal lies in its quaint little streets and its 13th century Romanesque Cathedral. ... read more
