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Baix Penedès is a comarca (county) on the coast of Catalonia. The area has been settled since the times of the Ibers , with ancient ruins remaining in Banyeres at Can Canyís, in the capital el Vendrell at the village of Guàrdies and in Calafell at the villages of Toixoneres and la Ciutadella ("The Citadel").

1 Municipalities

Populations are for 2001.

• Albinyana - pop. 1780
• Arboç - pop. 3977
• Banyeres del Penedès - pop. 1862
• Bellvei - pop. 1532
• Bisbal del Penedès - pop. 2349
• Bonastre - pop. 424
• Calafell - pop. 15883
• Cunit - pop. 7339
• Llorenç del Penedès - pop. 1821
• Masllorenç - pop. 453
• Montmell - pop. 784
• Sant Jaume dels Domenys - pop. 1637
• Santa Oliva - pop. 2422
• Vendrell - pop. 26,820

2 Gastronomy

Typical dishes of this region include:

• el xató (a dish with vegetables)
• la coca de verdures (cake of vegetables)
• el civet de senglar (a way of cooking wild boar)
• el bull de tonyina (a type of sausage of tuna)
• l'arròs a banda (a way of cooking rice)

Desserts include:

• els bufats (?)
• les orelletes (?)

3 Castellers

Baix Penedès has one of the longest-lived traditions of castellers in Catalonia. (Castellers practice the traditional Catalan art/sport of making human pyramids.) The comarcal capital, el Vendrell, has a monument dedicated to castellers.

Present-day teams:

• els Nens del Vendrell (founded 1926)
• la Colla Nova
• els minyons de l'Arboç

The most important competitions of Castellers in the comarca occur each year as part of the August festival in honor of the Virgin Mary at Bisbal and on the fourth Sunday of August at l' Arboç del Penedès , with castellers from all over Catalonia.

4 People from Baix Penedès

Among the most important historical figures from Baix Penedès are:

• Àngel GuimeràAngel Guimera ( 1845 1924) was a Catalan writer, born in Santacruz de Tenerife, Spain. His mother lived in the Vendrell. He wrote a number of popular plays. Guimera died in Barcelona. Guimera, Angel Guimera, Angel Guimera, Angel Guimera, Angel. ( 1845Events January 29 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time New York Evening Mirror . March 1 President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. March 3 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.- 1924Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 See also 1924 in aviation 1924 in film 1924 in literature 1924 in mu): writer. Guimerà was originally from the Canary IslandsComunidad Autonoma deCanarias ( In Detail) Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area total % of Spain Ranked 13th 7 447 km² 1,5% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 8th 1 843 755 4,4% 247,58/km² Demonym English Spanish, but his mother was from el Vendrell, and he eventually settled there in his ancestral home, cal Guimerà.
• Pau ("Pablo") CasalsPau Casals i Defill ( December 29, 1876 October 22, 1973), commonly known as Pablo Casals was a virtuoso Catalan cello player (and later conductor). He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, ( 1876- 1973): cellist and composer. The house-museum vila Casals is at Sant Salvador, as is a concert hall, l’Auditori Pau Casals.
• Aureli Maria Escarré ( 1908- 1968): abbot of Montserrat. Since 1978, there has been a monument to him in his home village of l'Arboç , where his ancestral home is on the main street.