Day 633 - 08/07/2015 : La Seu D'Urgell

La Seu d'Urgell  is the main town located in the Catalan Pyrenees. It is also the capital of Alt Urgell comarca, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes.


It is located at the confluence of the Segre and the Valira rivers. The city is in the local region of Urgellet, a Pyrenean region formed by 16 municipalities of Alt Urgell. Urgellet and Andorra were the originary County of Urgell with capital in la Seu d'Urgell before the county expansion to the south.



Being the Cathedral the most relevant building in the town, the Parc Olímpic del Segre, built in 1992 for the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games, is also a relevant sight with a pump-driven canoe and kayak sports venue located adjacent to the historical centre of la Seu d'Urgell.

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