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It already appears in the 11th century with the form Cava, probably coming from the Latin cava which means hollow (rock), cave. According to tradition, the ancient town of Cava was located near the castle, in the place called Cadira del Senyor; it was burned and then the population moved to the current site. Only part of the walls remain of the castle. Located in the county of Cerdanya and later in the county of Urgell, the first time the castle appears in documentation is in 1277 in the will of Galceran III de Pinós. It seems that the lordship of this castle was linked to that of the castle of Sant Cristòfol, in the same valley of Cava. In the early 17th century the place of Cava belonged to Josep Brera and in 1787, in the census of Floridablanca, it is stated that it was under royal jurisdiction.
Cava is a rural municipality in the comarca of Alt Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The population is scattered into three little villages. In total it has a population of 38 .
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4 tables, water fountain, Nostra senyora del Boscalt hermitage
Museu de l’Acordió
2 tables, 2 BBQ, parking, GR 150 passes nearby.
6 tables, Cerc creek, Bentanacs forest, parking.
Prat de Cadí, an ancient lake of glacial origin filled with sediments, now converted into a majestic meadow at the foot of the north face of the Cadí mountain range. Access by the Estana - Prat de Cadí - Canal del Cristall route: The total length of the route is 12 km, with an elevation gain of 1,100 m, and the journey requires approximately 5 hours for the ascent and descent. The excursion begins in Martinet, an area where the granite base of the axial Pyrenees is visible, and continues upwards along the road to Estana. Along this path, the route traverses the entire sequence of pre-Hercynian Devonian rocks, which have been displaced southward during the movement of the Cadí mantle. Travelers must pass through the village of Estana and park their vehicle at the Pallers pass parking area, situated at the edge of the natural park. By car, part of the significant elevation difference between the Cerdanya plain and the Cadí ridge is already overcome; this topographical transition mainly results from the subsidence of Cerdanya roughly 10 million years ago during the Miocene, which was shaped by a complex fault system.
5 tables, water fountain, information panel, motorhome parking area, near Josa de cadí village