Lleida, the capital of the fruit.

Lleida is the fruit capital city: apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, prunes, cherries, they are part of the economy of the province. Sant Miquel’s fair, which is celebrated when the autumn arrives, it’s a clear example of its importance. In this fair the fruit’s gastronomic week is celebrated, where the different applications of the fruit in cooking are shown.

Moors and Christians celebration

Lleida is the city where the Moors and Christians celebrations began. Evidence of that was found in some documents from the year 1150.

Lots of important kings and queens from all over Europe and especially from Spain came to see the theatre play of the fight between the Moors and the Christians.

Nowadays the theatre play is the ending of the celebration, before it, the actors march all around the city.

Moors and Christians near the Seu Vella

The Easter cake: a whole tradition

The Easter cake is very traditional in Catalonia, Valencia and Múrcia. On the 18^th century, the Easter cake was already the classical gift that the godfather to his godson. The number of eggs put in the cake depended on the age of the godson up to 12.

In the old days, the Easter cake was known as Easter pie. This traditional cake symbolizes that the Lent has arrived and the abstinence period has finished.

Typical Easter Cake

The Seu Vella

The Seu Vella – known also as the Lleida’s Castle - is the most significant monument that we have in our town.

This peculiar cathedral was built on the top of a polecat. This placement allows us having a huge overview of the city and also the countryside that is around the city.

Its construction started in 1203 but two centuries were needed to complete the whole building, which was finished with the bell tower.

Today, we can do a guided visit of this iconic building to discover its charms.

The city of Lleida

Lleida is the capital city of the Segrià region and the province of Lleida, and it’s extensive municipality is the biggest and the most populated town of the region.

This city is placed around a polecat situated on the right side of the Segre River.

This polecat is known as the “Turó de la Seu” because “La Seu Vella” is placed on it.

Here you have a map of Lleida:

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Welcome to Lleida!

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