Baix Penedès

Baix Penedes

Country: Spain
Autonomous community: Catalonia
Province: Tarragona
Municipalities:
Albinyana, L'Arboç, Banyeres del Penedès, Bellvei, La Bisbal del Penedès, Bonastre, Calafell, Cunit, Llorenç del Penedès, Masllorenç, El Montmell, Sant Jaume dels Domenys, Santa Oliva, El Vendrell
Area: Total 295.5 km2 (114.1 sq mi)
Population: Total 61,256
Density: 207.3/km2 (536.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Largest municipality: El Vendrell
Baix Penedès is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. The area has been settled since the times of the Iberians, with ancient ruins remaining in Banyeres at Can Canyís, in the capital el Vendrell at the village of Guàrdies and in Calafell at the villages of Toixoneres and la Ciutadella ("The Citadel").
Municipalities:
Albinyana - population: 1780
L'Arboç - population: 3977
Banyeres del Penedès - population: 1862
Bellvei - population: 1532
La Bisbal del Penedès - population: 2349
Bonastre - population: 424
Calafell - population: 15883
Cunit - population: 7339
Llorenç del Penedès - population: 1821
Masllorenç - population: 453
El Montmell - population: 784
Sant Jaume dels Domenys - population: 1637
Santa Oliva - population: 2422
El Vendrell - population: 26,820
[edit] GastronomyTypical dishes of this region include:

el xató (a dish with vegetables)
la coca de verdures (cake of vegetables)
el civet de senglar (a way of cooking wild boar)
el bull de tonyina (a type of sausage of tuna)
l'arròs a banda (rice cooked in fish and shellfish stock)
Desserts include:
els bufats (?)
les orelletes (?)

Castellers
Baix Penedès has one of the longest-lived traditions of castellers in Catalonia. (Castellers practice the traditional Catalan art/sport of making human pyramids.) The comarcal capital, el Vendrell, has a monument dedicated to castellers.
Present-day teams:
els Nens del Vendrell (founded 1926)
la Colla Nova
els minyons de l'Arboç
The most important competitions of Castellers in the comarca occur each year as part of the August festival in honor of the Virgin Mary at Bisbal and on the fourth Sunday of August at l'Arboç del Penedès, with castellers from all over Catalonia.
People from Baix Penedès
Among the most important historical figures from Baix Penedès are:
Àngel Guimerà (1845–1924): writer. Guimerà was originally from the Canary Islands, but his mother was from el Vendrell, and he eventually settled there in his ancestral home, cal Guimerà.
Pau ("Pablo") Casals (1876–1973): cellist and composer. The house-museum vila Casals is at Sant Salvador, as is a concert hall, l’Auditori Pau Casals.
Aureli Maria Escarré (1908–1968): abbot of Montserrat. Since 1978, there has been a monument to him in his home village of l'Arboç, where his ancestral home is on the main street.
Andreu Nin (1892–1937) dissident Communist revolutionary in the Spanish Civil War).
Àngels Garriga
Apel•les Fenosa
On the coast and forming —with Garraf and Alt Penedès— the natural region of Penedès, famous for its wines. The Penedès plain (central and coastal sectors) is framed to the north by the Montmell range. In the Middle Ages, the territory was part of the county of Barcelona and the magistrature of Vilafranca del Penedès. In the provincial division of 1833, however, it was included in the province of Tarragona and so is now part of the tourist area of the Costa Daurada. The agrarian economy is almost entirely devoted to a single crop, the vine, and the wines (with guarantee of origin) and cellars are of great renown. Traditional seafaring activities (fishing and navigation) have given way to an important tourist development, especially in the field of second homes, mostly on the coastal strip, with the attraction of the mild climate and the sailing and other water sports.

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