Olesa de Montserrat
Olesa de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca o Baix Llobregat, in Catalonie, Spain.
Olesa de Montserrat | |
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 Olesa from the chapel of Sant Salvador de les Espases | |
 Coat airms | |
  Olesa de Montserrat Location in Catalonie | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′42″N 1°53′40″E / 41.54500°N 1.89444°E | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Commonty |  Catalonie |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Baix Llobregat |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Salvador Prat i Asensio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.75 km2 (6.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 23,301 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Olesa de Montserrat is weel kent aroond the nearbi places acause o its olive ile an textile production, but especially acause o its warld-famous Passion play (La Passió d'Olesa), first documentit in 1538. It achievit a warld record in 1996, wi 726 bodies actin onstage at the same time.
Main sichts
eedit- Torre del Relotge
- Monastery o Sant Pere Sacama
- Landwart chapel o Sant Salvador de les Espases
Twin touns
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Nonantola, Italy
Weingarten, Germany
References
eedit- 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).