1. LLEIDA AND SEGRIÀ
LLEIDA:
Leida is a city in a west of Catalonia, Spain, capital city of the
province of Lleida.
Geographicall,it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. The
metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants. It is also the capital
city of the Segrià comarca , as well as the largets city in the
province.
Lleida is one of the older towns in Catalonia, with recorded
settlements dating back to the Bronze Age period.

2. • LANGUAGES
• It is a traditionally Catalan-speaking town and province. Most of the population is actively
bilingual in Spanish.

3. COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
• RAILWAY
• Lleida is served by the RENFE, Spanish state railway’s. Lleida has a new airport opened in
January 2010, and a minor airfield located in Alfès. Also, the town is the western terminus of
the Eix Transversal Lleida-Girona, and a railway covering the same distance is currently under
planning.
• Lleida’s only passenger railway station is Lleida-Pirineus.

4. • BUS
• The urban buses, coloured yellow with blue stripes and owned by Autobusos de Lleida.
• In addition tu these, there’s a tourist bus and a regular night service to nearby clubs.
• LLEIDA-PIRINEUS AIRPORT
• Lleida has depended long time on nearby airport and had no local air transit. Lleida-Alguaire
airport opened in 2010.

5. CULTURE
• THEATRE AND MUSIC VENUES
• Auditori Enric Granados is the town’s concert hall and main music institution and
conservatory. It is named after the composer Enric Granados ,who was born there.
• Teatre de l’Escorxador, located in a former slaughterhouse, is the town’s main theatre. It
includes a concert venue, Cafè del Teatre. Teatre Principal de Lleida is used for very different
events.

6. MUSIC FESTIVALS
There are two important music festivals in Lleida ;
MUSIQUES DISPERSES Folk Festival, taking place during the whole month of March
and the jazz festival JAZZ TARDOR in November. Concerts are also a regular fixture of
the two local feasts, Sant Anastasi in May, and Sant Miquel in September.
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Tranditional celebrations include Festa Major, L’Aplec del Caragol (the biggest in the
world of this sort, held at rhe Camps Elisis since 1980), and Fira de Sant Miquel.
Lleida was the Capital of Catalan Culture in 2007.

7. MAIN SIGHTS
• SEU VELLA, a Cathedral built in a blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles over the time, and
made a military fortress. Both medieval buildings are situated over the so-called Turó de la
Seu.
• SEU NOVA, the baroque cathedal used since Bourbon rule.
• INSTITUT D’ESTUDIS ILERDENCS, used to be a hospital (Antic hospital de Santa Maria).
• LA PAERIA,the city council and also, a historical site with remains and pieces of art from
Roman times, to the Moorish rule, to Mediaeval and Modern times, including old prison cells.
• GARDENY, it is a hill hosting a fortress.
• THE GARDENS CAMPS ELISIS, already used by the Romans. IT has the fountain of the
mermaid.

8. • LLEIDA PUBLIC LIBRARY, on Rambla d’Aragó , hosted in the building previously known as La
Maternitat, a mid-19th century orphanage.
• AUDITORI ENRIC GRANADOS, Lleida’s foremost concert hall.
• LA LLOTJA DE LLEIDA, a condert hall, theatre, opera and congress hall opened in 2010.