dimarts, 6 d’abril del 2010

National Parks in Catalonia

"SANT MAURICI - AIGÜES TORTES"











Aigüestortes has 272 lakes, the greatest concentration in the Peninsula. The largest lake is Estany de St Maurici surrounded by mountain pine, and the twin peaks of Els Encantats.
The climate is alpine with a mean annual rainfall of 900 to 1,300mm, according to the altitude (1,500-3,014m).

Vegetation and fauna.

The vegetacion is caracteritzed by woodlands. That are so big. The Pine woodland are the most. In terms of fauna; that is caracteritzed y the salamander and the common frog. (Normal frogs)


Monuments.

The church of the Asunción del Cóll and the Saint's churches of St Climent and Sta. Maria de Taüll have the most important wall paintings of the Catalan Romanesque. All of them are constructions of the XIth, XIIth and XIIIth centuries, carried out by painters proceeding from Italy.