Vilanova de Prades
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Vilanova de Prades is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp
, in the province of Tarragona
, Catalonia
, Spain
. It is a popular holiday resort located at high altitude atop the Serra de la Llena
, close to the area where this mountain range meets the Prades Mountains
.
The town appears mentioned for the first time in an 1159 document regarding the limits of Prades
. The main monuments are Sant Salvador church in the centre, as well as the Sant Antoni de Pàdua shrine at the edge of the town.
Baix Camp
Baix Camp is a comarca of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. It is one of the three comarques into which Camp de Tarragona was divided in the comarcal division of 1936....
, in the province of Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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. It is a popular holiday resort located at high altitude atop the Serra de la Llena
Serra de la Llena
Serra de la Llena, also known as Serra la Llena, is a mountain chain straddling the municipal terms of Vilanova de Prades , La Pobla de Cérvoles and Ulldemolins , in Catalonia, Spain...
, close to the area where this mountain range meets the Prades Mountains
Prades Mountains
Prades Mountains, also known as Muntanyes de Prades, is a large calcareous mountain massif straddling the comarcas of Alt Camp, Baix Camp, Conca de Barberà, Garrigues and Priorat, in Catalonia, Spain. These mountains have characteristic large and rounded rocky outcrops...
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The town appears mentioned for the first time in an 1159 document regarding the limits of Prades
Prades, Baix Camp
Prades is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.The main monuments are Santa Maria church in the town, as well as the Ermita de l'Abellera shrine located in an escarpment, outside the town's perimeter....
. The main monuments are Sant Salvador church in the centre, as well as the Sant Antoni de Pàdua shrine at the edge of the town.