Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Spain)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סנטה קולומה דה גרמנט (ספרד)
Name (Latin)
Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Spain)
Other forms of name
nnaa Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Spain
Santa Coloma de Gramanet (Spain)
Sta. Coloma de Gramenet (Spain)
Gramenet del Besòs (Spain)
Coordinates
2.211111111 2.211111111 41.45388889 41.45388889 (gooearth )
Associated country
Spain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 144349291
Wikidata: Q15473
Library of congress: n 88016584
Sources of Information
  • BGN(Santa Coloma de Gramenet, popl, 41°27ʹN 2°13ʹE)
  • Carreras García, M. La República i la Guerra Civil a Sta. Coloma de Gramenet, 1986:verso of t.p. (Santa Coloma de Gramenet)
  • BGN(Santa Coloma de Gramenet, popl, 41p0s 27ʹN 2p0s 13ʹE)
  • LC database 11-20-96(hdg.: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Spain)
  • Revolución y guerra en Gramenet del Besòs, 1936-1939, 1997:p. 4 of cover (was briefly renamed Gramenet del Besòs, 1936-39)

Wikipedia description:

Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Catalan: [ˈsantə kuˈlomə ðə ɣɾəməˈnɛt]; Spanish: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, no longer official), informally simply known as Santa Coloma, and formerly as Gramenet de Besòs (Spanish: Gramanet del Besós) between 1936 and 1939, is a municipality in Barcelonès county, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the coastal range, with the Puig Castellar (299 m) as its highest point, on the left bank of the Besòs river: the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona separate it from the coast. It is the ninth most populated city in Catalonia. The area has been inhabited since at least the Iberic period, and the remains of an Iberic village have been found on Puig Castellar. The artefacts are housed in a museum in La Torre Balldovina, a building dating from the 18th century. Other notable buildings include the renaissance palace of La Torre Pallaresa and the noucentista Clínica Mental. In November 2008, the city made worldwide news by installing solar panels on top of crypts in the local cemetery, in an effort to help fight climate change.

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