Cervera



Cervera  is a town of 9,000 people (2018) in Lleida province, and a stage in the Catalan Way of St. James. The city is characterized by the richness of its cultural and monumental heritage. Eleven monuments in the municipality are listed as Cultural Assets of National Interest (BCIN) by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Understand
The monuments in the municipality are listed as Cultural Assets of National Interest are the castle (11th century), the church of Sant Pere el Gros (11th century), the walled enclosure (16th century), the parish of Santa Maria (14th-15th centuries), the Paeria building (17th-18th centuries), the University (18th century), the historic centre, the Union (20th century), and the castles of the aggregated centers of Castellnou d'Oluges, Prenyanosa and Malgrat.

By train
You can also reach the city via the Barcelona Lleida-Madrid railway.

By Bus

 * Líne L-28: Girona - Lleida (eixBus)
 * Líne e1: Lleida - Cervera (ALSA)
 * Líne Aeroport T1 - Barcelona - Igualada - Lleida (ALSA)
 * Líne Barcelona - Eth Pònt de Rei (ALSA)
 * Líne Barcelona - Balaguer (ALSA)

By car
Located in the center of Catalonia, at the eastern end of the province of Lleida. From Barcelona and Lleida it is accessed via the A-2 motorway; from Girona, along the C-25 road, the transversal axis; and from Tarragona on the N-240 road to Montblanc, and from Montblanc on the C-14 road to Tàrrega, where it connects with the A-2 motorway.

The distance from Cervera to the Catalan provincial capitals is 102 km in Barcelona; 53 km to Lleida, 169 km to Girona, and 87 km to Tarragona.

See

 * Walls, built during the 14th century by order of Peter III Ceremonious.
 * Carreró de les bruixes, you can see the medieval structure of the town and birthplace of the Aquelarre festival.
 * , from the 12th century, was part of the old Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem.
 * Municipal auditorium, where in 1359 the Catalan Courts were held and in 1469 the parliament took place in which Ferdinand the Catholic accepted the terms of marriage with Isabella of Castile.
 * Convent of Sant Agustí, from the 14th and 15th centuries, preserves its medieval physiognomy.
 * Hospital de Berenguer de Castelltort, founded at the end of the 14th century by a merchant from Cerver.
 * Sant Pere el Gros, is a small Romanesque hermitage from the 11th century, the only remnant of the monastic complex that had been linked to the Ripoll monastery. It is one of the few examples of a Romanesque roundabout in Catalonia.
 * Casa Duran i Sanpere, current headquarters of the Regional Museum of Cervera. Building from the end of the 19th century - declared BCIN - which in its interior combines intact the objects and rooms of a bourgeois house.
 * Plaça del Fossar, square with viewpoint from where you can appreciate the whole region of La Segarra.
 * Sant Pere el Gros, is a small Romanesque hermitage from the 11th century, the only remnant of the monastic complex that had been linked to the Ripoll monastery. It is one of the few examples of a Romanesque roundabout in Catalonia.
 * Casa Duran i Sanpere, current headquarters of the Regional Museum of Cervera. Building from the end of the 19th century - declared BCIN - which in its interior combines intact the objects and rooms of a bourgeois house.
 * Plaça del Fossar, square with viewpoint from where you can appreciate the whole region of La Segarra.
 * Plaça del Fossar, square with viewpoint from where you can appreciate the whole region of La Segarra.

Fairs and local fetivities

 * Festa Major del Santíssim Misteri, major winter festival of Cervera. It is celebrated on February 6 and its eve on February 5 with the traditional singing of Les Completes. In the past it was the most important festival in the city, after Corpus Christi, with a large popular participation: thunderbolts, parades of the festive entourage (giants, pole dance, eagle...), processions, cattle fair, concerts and dances at the Casal Catalan and the Workers' Centr3.
 * Procession of the Puro. It is celebrated on January 16, and is a secular procession from the Paeria to the cemetery to commemorate the defeat of the Carlists against the liberals in the carlinades. Some men went there with lit cigars unlike religious processions.
 * Passion of Cervera. It has been celebrated in the city since 1447, a date that appears in the first historical documents that refer to it. In March and April, there are various performances in the Gran Teatre de la Passió de Cervera, built especially to house it. It has 1700 seats and moves the entire theatre cycle of the city with a stable theatre program during the whole year.
 * Corpus Christi, celebrated in the city since 1337. On Saturday the Cervera - Carranquers Devil's Festival is celebrated with a show of popular culture and the representation of the spoken dance by the Ball de Diables. The next day, Corpus Christi, the traditional flower carpets are made, at noon the religious procession is held in honor of the Blessed Sacrament and in the afternoon a parade with the imagery and dances of the festive entourage.
 * Feast of Saint Magi. It is celebrated on August 19, with the distribution of the miraculous water from the Sant Magí de Brufaganya Sanctuary transported by mules and horses loaded with argadells garnished with boxwood.
 * Aquelarre. It is celebrated on the weekend of the last Saturday in August since 1978. Festival of fire, witches, devils, bonfires, shows, music, magic and esotericism.
 * Isagoge, cultural week, which is celebrated the days before the Festa Major del Sant Crist.
 * Festa Major del Sant Crist, major summer festival. It is celebrated on the weekend of the fourth Sunday in September, from Friday to Monday. A wide variety of cultural and traditional events are held, among which stand out the proclamation and thunder on Friday evening, the meeting of giants on Saturday afternoon, Sunday with ceremony, passing of the festive entourage and castella performance; and on Monday, the little big party, children's festive entourage and activities for the little ones.

Hiking

 * Catalan Way of St. James - Catalan segment from El Port de la Selva or Llançà to Montserrat (Spain) passes the city.

Sio castles (Castells del Sió)
Visit de Castles along the Sió creek, once frontierland with Moors.

Buy

 * Els Aromas de la Segarra: Stomach liqueur based on thyme (thyme) produced in Cervera. It has a pleasant, digestive and stimulating taste.
 * Port of Dragons: First Gin and first "Premium" Vodka distilled in our country, they have been awarded on certain occasions.
 * Campanar Biscuits
 * Les Savines: Cookies with almond powder and sugar.

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