Girona

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Also known as: Gerona, Jerunda, Oppidum Gerunda
Spanish:
Gerona

Girona, city, capital of Girona provincia (province), in the Catalonia comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northeastern Spain. It lies on the Oñar River in the foothills of the Los Ángeles Mountains, a short distance inland from a Mediterranean coastal resort area known as the Costa Brava. The city comprises three zones: the interior, which includes the old quarter; the modern section; and a residential area. Because of its position on the coastal route from Gaul to the Iberian Peninsula, Girona was a fortified site of the Iberians (whose ruined walls dating from the 4th and 5th centuries bce remain) and of ...(100 of 298 words)