Viladasens

Viladasens is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.[1]

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History

The first document is Viladasens the year 1058, under the name: VILLAMAR DEASINIS. Viladasens And for settlement in the Iberian period, as shown by the findings made in the hillside of the Well of the ice and especially in the Cross Fellini, where during the construction of the highway s'excavaren half a dozen cabins-III century BC belonging to a small center of ceramic production. In Roman times the Via Augusta crossed the town, the plain to the east of the town, a building has been identified that could correspond to the Roman mansion (next to the hostel through) of Cinniana, which gave name to the river Cinyana. In the eleventh century were already established parishes Viladasens and Fellini, as shown in the documents of the respective churches with Romanesque elements. It has news of a series of houses (the Blackberry, can strip, the Adroit ca ...) to prove a major expansion of agriculture in medieval times. The two parishes also formed a royal bailiwick domain that was for almost all medieval and modern.

Viladasens has always been a rural municipality: the eighteenth century experienced some growth, from 250 inhabitants in 1718 to 404 in 1787, which remained without much change until the mid twentieth century. Since then, the profound changes in agriculture led to the abandonment of the activity of many houses and the population fell by half: 357 residents in 1960 came under the 189 in 1981. The two decades but have been stability, the maintenance of some farms, suitably adapted to changing times.

Thus, despite the great changes that have been around, Viladasens has reached the twenty-first century while maintaining its essentially rural appearance, but without sacrificing the benefits of technical progress.

Attractions

Celebrities

Antonio Machado happened in this town his last night in Spain, from 26 to 27 January, before walking across the border with France.

Economy

Rainfed agriculture and livestock.

References

  1. ^ "Spanish Census". Spanish Community Census. https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Spain_Census. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 

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