1.0Ara Lleidahttps://aralleida.cat/en/adminhttps://aralleida.cat/en/author/frame_zesv7n2g/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l2GM0qLRh1"><a href="https://aralleida.cat/en/patrimoni-immaterial/les-garrigues/">LES GARRIGUES</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://aralleida.cat/en/patrimoni-immaterial/les-garrigues/embed/#?secret=l2GM0qLRh1" width="600" height="338" title="“LES GARRIGUES” — Ara Lleida" data-secret="l2GM0qLRh1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://aralleida.cat/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#3c3c3b” css=”.vc_custom_1605797650815{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1605797593358{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^114279|url^https://aralleida.cat/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GARRIGUES.jpg|caption^null|alt^Les Garrigues Patrimoni immaterial|title^GARRIGUES|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#ededed”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#ededed” css=”.vc_custom_1630050828556{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] NEVER-ENDING ROWS OF FLOWERS A journey through Les Garrigues is a journey through an amazing geographical phenomenon. It is akin to travelling through a to-scale map. Visitors will see the land laid out before them: extensive plantations, endless rows of olive trees and blossoming almond trees that burst into vivid colours, all over this arid land. Visitors will be made aware of how this extraordinary landscape marks the very limits of our tiny universe. While enjoying a quiet evening drink under the flowering almond trees, they will be able to watch the setting sun fill the horizon with its soft light and get a better idea of how important the simple things in life really are. Later, as visitors travel through the small, mountain villages, they will see how the villagers, local organisations and local councils have decorated the facades of their buildings with flowers in a show of pride in being from Les Garrigues. Here, the streets, quite literally, become one with the fields; everything is in bloom, wherever we look.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1629975809590{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1629975819882{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″][vc_column_text] The journey This is a land of hard work, of hot sun, and of kinship; it is a land of crushed stone, where a shared culture is the thread that unites the whole community. It is in the middle of the fields, hidden between the terraces and the orchards, that the drystone walls and vaulted shelters show the deep-seated relationship between the local people and the landscape. The simple architecture, which is seen in structures such as the retaining walls, the lime kilns, and the improvised wells, are cathedral-like monuments to the ingenuity of the local people. To find out more about the local stonework, there is no better place to visit than the village of Albi, where it is possible to find the Roca de l’Espiral (Spiral Rock): a great thousand-year-old stone that is said to emit a special energy. This is a place that has become a cult-like destination. Indeed, it is said that If you stand, barefoot, near the rock, you too will feel the force of the earth vibrating beneath your feet.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”6/12″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1635339078267{margin-bottom: 14px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Not to be missed [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1630056473450{margin-top: 6px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”9/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1635339095651{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}” el_class=”impresc”]Roca energètica de l’Espiral de l’Albi.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”114322″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1630489694735{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”foto-patr”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1630056473450{margin-top: 6px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”9/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1635339112625{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}” el_class=”impresc”]Les Garrigues en Flor (Les Garrigues in Bloom). From mid-May to the beginning of June, at various villages in the local district.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”114357″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1630490274785{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”foto-patr”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1630056473450{margin-top: 6px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”9/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1635339125884{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}” el_class=”impresc”]Florida dels ametllers (Flowering of the almond trees). February and the first weeks of March.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”114350″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1630490203013{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”foto-patr”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″][vc_column_text]This is a vast territory with a small population which knows and respects this situation; in fact, this is something that gives balance and a sense of harmony to the local community. This special relationship between people and nature is most apparent at the local festivities, which have survived thanks to the combined efforts of generation after generation of Garriguencs. Nowhere is this more evident than in the silent reverence that is shown during the Processó del Desclavament i de l’Encontre (Procession of the Descent from the Cross and the Encounter), which takes place at Granadella, whose celebration has been documented since the 18th century. The people of this area are passionate about the culture that they have inherited from their forefathers and this can perhaps best be seen during the Festival de Repic de Campanes (Bell Ringing Festival). Every year, the village remembers and pays homage to the art of campanology, or bell-ringing, which for many centuries was an importance form of communication for those living on the plain.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”6/12″][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1630056473450{margin-top: 6px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”9/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1635339137221{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}” el_class=”impresc”]Processió del Desclavament i de l’Encontre, La Granadella.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1635152994379{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”114287″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1630489180523{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”foto-patr”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1630056473450{margin-top: 6px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1635152892084{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 13px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1635339180709{margin-top: