Queralbs
Queralbs (Catalan pronunciation: [kəˈɾaɫps]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Pyrenees to the north of Ribes de Freser, with the peaks of Puigmal (2909 m), Infern (2896 m) and Noufonts (2864 m). Tourism and hydroelectric generation are the bases of the local economy. The shrine of Núria is situated in the municipality, to the north of the village: it houses a romanesque marial image of la Mare de Déu de Núria. The shrine is reached by a rack railway from Ribes de Freser, which also serves the village. There is also a local road to Ribes de Freser (7 km, 4 miles), which serves the ski resort.
The first historical mention of Queralbs is in the consecration act of the church of the Urgell Diocese in 836--thus the town's motto, poble mil·lenari (millennial town)--and its Romanesque church, dedicated to Saint James, dates to the late tenth century.
Earthquakes
Queralbs is located to the north-west of the active Amer-Brugent fault system.[1] Queralbs was entirely destroyed in the Catalan earthquake of 1428 whose epicentre was in nearby Camprodon.[2]
Demography
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Trivia
For many years, Queralbs was the vacation home for the former president of the Generalitat, Jordi Pujol i Soley.
See also
References
- ^ Olivera C, Redondo E, Riera A, Lambert J and Roca A (1999). "Problems in assessing focal parameters to earthquake sequences from historical investigation: the 1427 earthquakes in Catalonia". Proceedings I Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica (CD-ROM).. Symposium Ibero Maghrebian historical and instrumental seismicity. SIM2-7. pp. 1–8.
- ^ Banda E. et A. M. Correig (1984). The catalan earthquake of February 2, 1428. Engineering Geology, 20, pp 89-97.
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
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