Lleida: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 42 - 209 NH Pirineos
 NH Pirineos is located just outside the centre of Lleida, Catalonia, on Passeig de Ronda Main Road. It offers free Wi-Fi in public areas, and all room… MoreEUR 59 - 144 Nastasi Hotel & Spa
 An establishment that opened in October 2005, newly built and easy to get to, in the middle of the city’s most natural setting, the garden city. Two… MoreEUR 41 - 80 Ramon Berenguer IV
 The Ramón Berenguer is located in the commercial and business centre of the city, opposite the train station and the AVE terminal (Spain’s high-spe… MoreEUR 54 - 416 Sercotel Condes de Urgel
 This hotel is 500 metres from Lleida Congress Centre, and 15 minutes´ walk from the historic city centre. It has easy access to the A-2 Motorway… MoreEUR 50 - 350 Zenit Lleida
 Zenit Lleida is in the commercial centre of Lleida, a short walk from La Seu Cathedral and the AVE Train Station. It offers modern accommodation with … MoreEUR 37 - 80 Jardins del Segrià
 Situated just 4 km from Lleida, Jardins del Segrià is a small country hotel with attractive gardens and a traditional restaurant. Rooms offer country… MoreEUR 35 - 70 Hotel Segria
 Hotel Segria offers good-value accommodation in the centre of Lleida, just a short walk from the AVE Train Station and Feria Trade Fair. Free Wi-Fi is… MoreEUR 40 - 110 Catalonia Transit
 Catalonia Transit is located in Lleida Train Station, which offers high-speed AVE trains links to Zaragoza, Barcelona and Madrid. Each soundproofed ro… MoreEUR 60 - 96 Camparan Suites
 Camparan Suites is an apartment complex set in the centre of Lleida, 10 minutes’ walk from the AVE High Speed Train Station. Private parking is avai… MoreEUR 25 - 75 Hotel Pension Mode Lleida
 Hotel Pensión Mode Lleida is located in the heart of Lleida, a 2-minute walk from the main bus station. It offers value accommodation, with Wi-Fi acc… MoreEUR 49 - 150 Hotel Real
 Modern and functional hotel in the city centre, right by the river, offering newly built rooms and totally refurbished at the end of 2007.
The hotel … MoreEUR 30 - 86 Hotel Sansi Park
 A 3 star hotel in the city center accessible from motorway to Huesca, Valle de Aran. Private parking in the same building with direct access to the ro… MoreEUR 55 - 95 AC Lleida
 This well-connected hotel is located in a peaceful district of central Lleida – one of Catalonia’s beautiful provincial capitals.
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Lleida: Guide
Lleida (IPA: ) although officially referred as Lleida) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital of the Spanish Lleida (province)|province of the same name and the comarca (county) of Segria. Has 124,709 inhabitants as of 2005.
Languages
It is a traditionally Catalan language|Catalan-speaking town and province, with a characteristic dialect (known as Western or, more specifically, North-Western Catalan, also colloquially known, even if incorrectly, as lleidatà) with features such as lo and los (instead of standard "el" and "els") as the definite articles, or word-final a pronounced as //. Some of these features, however, are nowadays more common among older people and elsewhere in the province rather than in the town of Lleida, where only the phonetic aspects of the dialect are preserved.
Spanish language|Castilian/Spanish is also spoken by almost all inhabitants. The bulk of education, as in the whole of Catalonia, is bilingual but primarily carried out in Catalan.
Also, see the article on the Lleida (province)|province of the same name for more information on the official status of the Aranese dialect of Gascon.
History
In ancient times the city, named Iltrida and Ilerda, was the chief city of the Ilergetes, an Iberians|Iberian tribe. Indíbil, king of the Ilergetes, and Mandoni, king of the Ausetanes, defended it against the Roman invasion.
Under the Romans, the city was incorporated into the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, and was a place of considerable importance, historically as well as geographically. It stood upon an eminence, on the right (west) bank of the river Sicoris (the modern Segre River|Segre), the principal tributary of the Ebro, and some distance above its confluence with the Cinga (modern Cinca); thus commanding the country between those rivers, as well as the great road from Tarraco (modern Tarragona), the provincial capital, to the northwest of Spain, which here crossed the Sicoris. (Antonine Itinerary|Itin. Ant. pp. 391, 452.)
Its situation (to quote Civil War (Suet. Caes. 34; Latin Latin phrase|phrase Ilerdam videas is said to have been used by people who wanted to cast bad luck on someone else.
Under the empire, Ilerda was a very flourishing city, and a Florez, Med. ii. pp. 451, 646, iii. p. 73; Mionnet, vol. i. p. 44, Suppl. vol. i. p. 89; Sestini, pp. 161, 166; Eckhel, vol. i. p. 51.)
It was part of Visigoth and Muslim Hispania until it was conquered from the Moors by the Count Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1148.
It used to be the seat of a University of Lleida|major university, the oldest in the Crown of Aragon, until 1717, when it was moved by Philip V of Spain|Philip V to the nearby town of Cervera. The University of Lleida is nowadays active again.
Lleida served as a key defense point for Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, and fell to the Insurgents, whose air forces bombed it extensively, in 1938. After some decades without any kind of population growth, it met a massive migration of Andalusia|Andalusians who helped the town undergo a relative demographic growth.
Nowadays it's home to immigrants of 146 different nationalities .
Communications
Lleida is served by the Renfe|Spanish state railway's AVE high-speed rail line, serving Zaragoza, Calatayud, Guadalajara, Spain|Guadalajara, and Madrid. The line is expected to be extended to Barcelona in the next few years. Lleida has a minor airfield located in Alfès and as of 2006, the construction of an airport is due to be finished in 2008. Also, the town is the western terminus of the Eix Transversal Lleida-Girona, and a railway covering the same distance (Eix Transversal Ferroviari) is currently under consideration.
Culture
Traditional Catalan celebrations are celebrated in the town. Local festivities such as Festa Major, Aplec del Cargol or Fira de st. Miquel attract people from all over Catalonia.
A Latin-America|Latin-American film|cinema festival is held yearly in the town, and an animation film festival called Animac also takes place there every May.
Also, the international Rock music|rock festival Senglar Rock is held in Les Basses d'Alpicat, in the outskirts of Lleida, each July since 2005 - it used to be held in Montblanc, Spain|Montblanc before that year.
Classical pianist and composer Makoki, published in the Spanish magazine El Víbora, was also born there.
Interesting sights
The Seu Vella, a Cathedral built in a blend of Romanesque and Gothic architecture|Gothic styles over the time, and made a military fortress in the 18th century and the older Palau de la Suda, both over the so-called Turó de la Seu, a medium-sized hill.
UE Lleida|Unió Esportiva Lleida
Lleida has the following partner towns as of 2006 :
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The Seu Nova, the New Cathedral used since House of Bourbon|Bourbon rule. It was burnt during the Spanish Civil War by the anarchists commanded by Durruti.
Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, used to be a hospital (Antic Hospital de Santa Maria) built in a Gothic architecture|Gothic style, but nowadays it is an historical museum and research centre open to visitors.
La Paeria, the city council and also, a historical site with remains and pieces of art from Rome|Roman times, to the Moorish rule, to Mediaeval and Modern age|Modern times.
The castle of Gardeny, a fortress used by the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages.
The gardens known as Camps Elisis, already used by the Rome|Romans
The Bishop's Palace also serves as an art museum showing pieces included in the styles spanning from Romanesque to Baroque.
Other museums: Sala Cristòfol, Sala Mercat del Pla, Museu Morera, Centre d'Art de la Panera, Museu de l'Aigua.Sports
Lleida has been always a city with great sport tradition. Probably the most famous sport at the present time is basketball, because the club of basketball of the city a few years ago ascended to the ACB, being the revelation team in the league, this caused that a lot of boys and girls become fond of to this little well-known sport.
Club Bàsquet Lleida
Lleida Llista BlavaTown twinning
Ferrara, Italy.
Foix, France.
Lerida, Tolima|Lérida, Colombia.
Perpignan, France (currently pending negotiation - agreement started in 2000) See also
University of Lleida
Diocese of Lleida, Bishop of Lleida.External links