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Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia. It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebro. The municipality includes an exclave to the east. Balaguer also has a sister city in the western United States, Pacifica, California. It has a population of 17,729 (register office, 2025).
Balaguer was conquered from the Moors by Ermengol VI of Urgell in 1106; he made it his new capital, and it remained so for subsequent counts of Urgell.
A Jewish community existed in Balaguer from the 11th century to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492.
The town has a Gothic bridge, the "Pont de Sant Miquel", over the Segre river. This bridge was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in the battle of "Cap de Pont" when Francisco Franco's forces first entered Catalonia from Aragon in 1938 through Balaguer's bridgehead. The historic town is on the right bank of the Segre but, following the war, construction began on a modern bridge, which initiated development of a modern extension of the town on the left bank.
Another Gothic building is the Santa Maria Church, in the heights above the city, in line with a quite finely conserved wall dating to the 15th century AD.
The historic mansion Palauet de la muralla de Balaguer, converted to a hotel, is located in the city center and part of the old city wall forms the back of the building.
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Una casa en la montaña. D'Albert Boronat
Theatre and danceLa Mercantil
Una solitària casa enmig de la muntanya acull dos homes del passat dels quals gairebé no coneixem res. Només una cosa sembla segura: un ha d’acabar amb l’altre. Però qui matarà qui? Això dependrà de les decisions i les possibilitats són infinites. Una casa en la montaña fa…
Saeta. Cia. Javier Aranda
Theatre and dance21:00La Mercantil
Sona una saeta, sobre l’escena hi ha una corona de flors blanques, algú apareix portant un taüt i se sent la veu d’un esperit... Tot s’esfondra, res no és el que sembla en aquesta tragèdia còmica. El joc del teatre ens permet ser allò que no som, habitar llocs i temps no…
El retrat de Dorian Gray. De Marc Rosich
Theatre and dance20:30Teatre Municipal de Balaguer
Àngels Gonyalons es posa en la pell d’Oscar Wilde per defensar El retrat de Dorian Gray dels atacs de la crítica del seu temps. Ella és també Dorian, el jove que fa un pacte amb el diable per conservar eternament la joventut; Basyl Hayward, el pintor del controvertit retrat;…
Feria Mercado de Santa Llúcia
FairCarrer d'Avall (Casc Antic), Major, Escala i Pl. Pou
Mercado de productos navideños y tradicionales Sector: Artesania, cerámica. Organiza: Àrea de Promoció Econòmica IMPIC (Institut Municipal Progrés i Cultura).
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