Sunday, May 4, 2008

The Emporda


The Emporda is the playground of the Catalan bourgeoisie. A pristine landscape, with the Pyrennees in the background and manicured fields with lots of picturesque little villages, each with its own  romanesque church from the XII century. The capital of the Emporda, Girona, is at the crossroads of France and Spain. It is here, back in the XIIIth century that a quite small group of Jewish scholars and wisemen invented the Kaballah. Now Girona is the richest district in Spain, where Catalan nationalism is strongest and the only one where the PP has zero representation.

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