Catalan Identity in Pyrénées-Orientales

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The Pyrénées-Orientales département in south-west France (Catalan: Pirineus Orientals) is the southernmost département of France aside from the island of Corsica, and is part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, which also encompasses the départements of Aude, Gard, Hérault and Lozère.

A Travel Guide to Segovia, Spain

Last week, I went to Segovia, a smallish city about an hour north-west of Madrid, and these are some of my favourite places to go there (in no particular order).

1. El Acueducto (The aqueduct, for those of you who don't speak Spanish). Segovia's most famous landmark is probably the Roman aqueduct that spans the Plaza de Artillería. It was built in the 1st century AD and originally stretched all the way from the mountains of the Sistema Central. It's magnificent and the fact that the stones are held together by nothing but gravity and their own pressure makes this even more impressive.