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Vilafranca del Penedès, [a] or simply Vilafranca, is the capital of Alt Penedès county in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain.It is situated in the Penedès Depression on the left bank of the Foix River, and on the main axis of communication from Barcelona to Tarragona and Valencia, served by a Rodalies Barcelona line 4 and by the AP-7 autopista as well as by the C-243 towards Sant Sadurní d'Anoia ...
Alt Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈal pənəˈðɛs]) is a comarca (county) in the Penedès region, in Catalonia, Spain. The capital is Vilafranca del Penedès . Municipalities
Pages in category "People from Vilafranca del Penedès" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ]
"Ex-Palau Reial" from Vilafranca del Penedès, a typical "Vilafranca". 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.
VINSEUM (Royal Palace in Vilafranca del Penedès) The Catalan Wine Cultures Museum or VINSEUM is a museum situated in an antique house-palace of the monarchs of the Crown of Aragon, in Vilafranca del Penedès (Alt Penedès) Barcelona, Spain. It was formerly known as the Vilafranca del Penedès Museum.
The Battle of Manresa and Battle of Vilafranca from 21 March to 5 April 1810 saw a Spanish division led by Juan Caro and Luis González Torres de Navarra, Marquess of Campoverde attack an Imperial French brigade commanded by François Xavier de Schwarz.
Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [pənəˈðɛs]) is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (Denominació d'Origen Protegida in Catalan) for wines in Catalonia, . Penedès DOP includes all of the Penedès region and municipalities of four other counties: Anoia, Alt Camp, Baix Llobregat and Tarragonès.