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Lleida is a traditional Catalan-speaking town. The older
parts of the city on the right bank of the river Segre are a
maze of narrow and crooked streets, surrounded by ruined walls
and a moat, and commanded by the ancient citadel overlooking
the plains of Noguera to the north and Urgel to the south. The
suburbs, laid out in broad, regular avenues of modern houses,
are on the left bank, connected to the older quarters by an iron
railway bridge and a fine stone bridge. There are some interesting
historical monuments worth visiting, the old cathedral is a late
Romanesque building and the church of San Lorenzo is noteworthy
for the beautiful tracery of its Gothic windows. Other buildings
are the Romanesque town hall, the bishops palace and the military
hospital, formerly a convent. |
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