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Vilafranca del Penedès is part of the long history of motor racing in Catalonia, from 1908-1920 events were staged over public roads from Sitges to Canyelles and Vilanova i la Geltrú, and from Mataró to Vilassar de Mar and Argentona.
Avinyonet del Penedès, Les Cabanyes, Castellet i la Gornal, Castellví de la Marca, Font-rubí, Gelida, La Granada, Mediona, Olèrdola, Olesa de Bonesvalls, Pacs del Penedès, El Pla del Penedès, Pontons, Puigdàlber, Sant Cugat Sesgarrigues, Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, Sant Martí Sarroca, Sant Pere de Riudebitlles, Sant Quintí de Mediona, Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Santa Fe del Penedès, Santa ...
Penedès. Penedès is one of the eight regions defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia.Located in south of Catalonia, it includes the comarques from historical Penedès region (Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès and Garraf), along with the southern municipalities of Anoia. [1]
Olèrdola (Catalan pronunciation: [uˈlɛɾðulə]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Penedès in Catalonia, Spain.It is situated on the northern side of the Garraf massif, and the highest point of the municipality is the Puig de l'Àliga at 468 m.
The Penedès DOP is centred in the regional capital, Vilafranca del Penedès, with nearby Sant Sadurní d'Anoia the acknowledged centre of Cava production. Besides these two, the principal towns are Vilanova i la Geltrú, Sitges and el Vendrell. The Penedès DOP includes 66 municipalities.
Vilafranca (in Catalan and most languages), Villefranche (in French) or Borgo Franco (in Italian) is understood as the legal status [1] of a medieval community free of duties [2] or with fiscal privileges, alternately performing military services.
The club was founded in 1904, being one of the oldest football clubs in Spain. [5] In August 2020, the club became the farm team of Lleida Esportiu. [6]In May 2021, Vilafranca achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División RFEF (which replaced the old Segunda División B), [7] but as Lleida failed to achieve promotion to Primera División RFEF, Vilafranca became ineligible for promotion.
On the island he made his fortune through the flourishing oil industry and seaborne trade. In 1870 he returned home a rich man and went into business with his brother, a wine grower. Together they founded the family company, in Vilafranca del Penedès, in 1870. One of Jaime Torres’ ideas was to build a 600,000-litre (130,000 imp gal; 160,000 ...