#Ripollès

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Carretera de Ribes, Ripoll, Girona, Catalonia.

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The Ter river reflecting the colours of autumn. Ripollès, Comarques Gironines, Catalonia.

Photo by marcselles on Instagram.

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L'absis de Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripollès, Principat de Catalunya, Catalunya. El monestir de Santa Maria de Ripoll fou fundat pel comte Guifre el Pilós, Pare de la Pàtria, vora l'any 880.

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Inktober day 9: Leona Kingscholar // Comte Arnau

Comte Arnau is a legendary character, an "ànima en pena" (lost soul) to be exact, problably based on Arnau de Mataplana, a count who reigned over most of Ripollès during medieval times (unknown century), although there are multiple theories, none of which are confirmed and it's not even certain if Arnau de Mataplana even existed himself.

The myth tells that because of his number of unforgivable sins, he's been cursed to eternally wander the Earth upon his black horse, who exudes hellish flames through his mouth and eyes. He's also hunted by a pack of hellish dogs.

What differs in the various tellings of the myth is what were those sins he commited. One of the most known tells about how Arnau de Mataplana was engaged when he was 15 to Elvira, who doubled his age and lacked any kind of beauty. Arnau instead fell in love with a girl around his age called Adelaisa, but Adelaisa was forced to become a nun at the monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, where she died some years later. When Arnau learned about her death, he infiltrated the monastery, stole her corpse and fled into night on his horse. But because he was wildly ridding his horse during a heavy storm at night he ended up falling off a cliff to his death, his dead lover in his arms.

(There a lot of versions of how he became cursed and who was he when he was alive, but if I write them all we're gonna be here all day, I chose the one I know)

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Ell 8 de marzo de 1905 nace en Planoles (Ripollès, Cataluña) la militante anarcosindicalista Dolors Prat Coll.

Nacida en una familia pobre muy creyente, sus padres se llamaban Josep Prats y Maria Coll. Quedó huérfana de madre cuando tenía siete años y fue enviada con las monjas, de las que tendrá un penoso recuerdo.

Ama de casa a los ocho años, con 15 empezó a trabajar en una fábrica textil de Ripoll (Ripollès, Catalunya) y enseguida se unirá a la Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT-AIT), luchando de forma destacada en las huelgas en pro de las ocho horas.

Entre 1936 y 1939 fue secretaria del Sindicato de la Industria Textil de Ripoll, donde era conocida, por su carácter indomable, como La Petita Montseny. Después de la derrota, en enero de 1939 se exilió con toda su familia en Francia, donde fueron encerrados en el campo de Magnac-Laval.

En febrero de 1940 fue repatriada a la Península, pero atravesó clandestinamente los Pirineos por Prats de Molló el 15 de mayo de 1940.

Después de trabajar en una cantera de Prades, se instaló en Toulouse (Languedoc, Occitania) continuando su labor sindicalista en la federación local de la CNT-AIT como secretaria y en Solidaridad Internacional Anarquista (SIA).

Con 91 años se manifestó en Toulouse en defensa de los inmigrantes indocumentados. Su compañero fue Josep Marin. Dolors Prat Coll murió el 12 de septiembre de 2001 en el Hospital Joseph Ducuing de Toulouse (Languedoc, Occitania).

La podemos ver en el filme de Lisa Berger y de Carol Mazer De toda la vida (1986) y en la película Camino de libertad (1997, con versiones francesa e inglesa) de Lisa Berger; también salió en el documental Vivir la utopía (1997) de Juan Gamero.

Su hijo Progreso Marin Prat le consagró una biografía Dolores: une vie pour la liberté (2002), que fue traducida al catalán en 2007 bajo el título La Dolors. Una vida por la libertad . Desde 1996 cada año un grupo de gente realiza el mismo recorrido entre Ripoll y Prats de Molló que hizo Dolors para recordar la hazaña.

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THE STRAW CART 202304161710148RT1

When passing along the road and crossing rural areas, we often see in the distance the straw rolls that the farmers make to feed the animals. Did you think they were that big?Location: Pyrenees, Ripollès, Catalonia, Southern Europe. Fine Art Prints

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XXIa Fira de les herbes i Flors de Muntanya – Setcases

dies 24 i 25 de maig del 2025 Setcases (Ripollès) A la fira mercat hi podrem trobar herbolaris i professionals dedicats a l’obtenció de matèries primeres a partir de plantes, i que ens oferiran: ungüents, olis, sabons, cremes, plantes medicinals, etc . També hi trobarem artesans que venen a vendre i a fer demostracions dels seus productes, aportant un to més lúdic i comercial a la festa. MÉS…

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Activitat a 27 MHz des d'Ogassa

Dades de l’activitat. Canal 14 USB (27.125 MHz)  Data Divendres, 25 d’abril de 2025  Indicatius CASSERRES | PIRINEU  Operadors Josep i Joan Carles  Lloc Sant Martí d’Ogassa (Ripollès)

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From the site of "Les Ferreres" which is mentioned in documents from the year 1225, but mining operations were developed from the mid-18th century until the 1960s, when the mine was abandoned, comes this mineral specimen where we can see crystallizations of Azurite and Theisite on matrix.

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Calle Clavetaires, Campdevànol, Girona, Catalonia.

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Medieval bridge in Vallfogona de Ripollès (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia), built in the 14th century by order of the lords of Milany when they moved to a new castle on the other side of the stream.

Photo from Ripollès Turisme.

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Ripoll,un dia de primavera del mes d'Abril 2025.

Ripoll.Ripollès.Catalunya 2bril 2025

©Tino Valduvieco.

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Sant Joan de les Abadesses. En desconec l'autor.

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RIBES DE FRESER-PINTURA-ART-ESTACIO-TREN CREMALLERA-NURIA-PAISATGES-FERROVIARIS-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS por Ernest Descals Por Flickr: RIBES DE FRESER-PINTURA-ART-ESTACIO-TREN CREMALLERA-NURIA-PAISATGES-FERROVIARIS-PINTOR-ERNEST DESCALS- Por la tarde los pasajeros de los lútimos trenes que llevan al SANTUARI DE NURIA, luz que se está apagando entre las altas montañas que rodean a la ESTACIÓ DEL TREN CREMALLERA en RIBES DE FRESER, paisaje ferroviarios y movimiento de las personas. Pintura impresionista, de las impresiones recibidas trata mi forma de Pintar, del artista pintor Ernest Descals sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros, óleos que se mueven y juntan entre sí para delimitar las formas y las sensaciones. Paisajes con vida de los pueblos de la Comarca del Ripollès en el norte de Catalunya.

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Inktober day 10: Home de neu

Home de neu (snow man), also known as "Gegant de la neu" (Giant of the snow), comes from a story told in the comarques (Catalonia's internal divisions) of Ripollès and Cerdanya.

The story goes that and old childless marriage had to get on their house's roof to take down the snow that had accumulated after a seven day long snowstorm. The snow fell in front of the door and while the husband worked, the wife made a little snowman, which she after dressed with girl clothes. This snowman came to life, to the couple's utmost surprise. They decided to raise the snowgirl as their own child, but unfortunetly when spring came, the snowgirl melted like the rest of snow. The next winter, they tried again, this time but making a boy. But like the snowgirl the year before, the snowboy also melted once spring came.

The couple tried year after year, but the result didn't change, when spring came by the snowkid would melt without exception. One year, though, they decided to make a giant snowman, so with his size and strength could help with chores and heavy lifting until spring came. But once it came to life, the snowgiant ripped off his clothes, ate all the food the couple had and then fled to the snowy mountains, where snow never melts. Now the snowgiant lives there all year and only comes back down, running on snowy tops, when the first snoflakes start to fall.