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Data of the Town |
The Fontcalda |
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Town |
Santuari-Balneari of The Fontcalda |
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Municipality |
Gandesa/ Region: Tall Terra |
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Province |
Tarragona |
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Community |
Catalonia |
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Habt. / Ine 2005 |
0 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Pl. Espanya 1 |
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ZIP code |
43780 |
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Phone |
977 420 007 |
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Fax |
977 421 257 |
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Office Tourism |
977420910 |
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Official web |
The Fontcalda |
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Web of Interest |
Images i information of the Fontcalda |
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E-mail municipality |
turisme.gandesa@altanet.org |
The lloc més important of the terme of Gandesa, fora of them serres of Pàndols i of Cavalls, és the balneari i santuari of the Fontcalda, to the S of the terme, to l'engorjament of the riu of them Paddles, between them serres of the Mola of the Riding crop to llevant i of the Crestall to ponent

Rep the nonm d'una font d'aigua mining - medicinal that brolla to 28 graus, to l'esquerra of Riu Canaletes, not gaire lluny of the Santuari. Són aigües that duen clorur i carbonat càlcic, sulfat of magnesi i clorur sòdic, aquesta font is coneix popularment amb the nonm of "Font dels Xorros".
The llegenda:
It is diu that in the vall hi it had the ramat a pastoret of Prat de Comte, the qual one day goes veure not molt lluny of the font, an imatge of which ningú in tapeworm news i that segurament estava threatened of them persecucions d'Espanya. The tradició affirms that the pastoret havia rebut a senyal of the cel amb aquesta aparició, the pastoret s'emportà the imatge to Prat de Comte i li comunicà als seus owners the news, per ò in the treure moment - that of the sarró per ensenyar - the imatge havia desaparegut. The shepherd, guiat per the llum that havia rebut of the cel return to the l'aparició i lloc there hi trobà of nou Mare de Déu. Aviat goes to arrive the notícia at Gandesa i molts anaren to venerate the Mare de Déu, fou traslladada també to l'església of Gandesa per ò l'endemà havia desaparegut i tornava to trobar - to the mateix lloc. Gandesa aleshores aixecà a petita capelleta i més tard an església.

The legend:
It is said that in the vale there had the herd a pastorcito of Prat de Comte, which one day saw not very far of the source, an image about which nobody there was news and that insurance was hidden from the pursuits of Spain. The tradition affirms that the pastorcito had received a sign of the sky with this appearance, he took the image to Prat de Comte and communicated to the proprietors of the herd the news, but at the moment of extracting it of the shepherd's bag to teach it, the image had disappeared. The shepherd guided by the light that had received from the sky returned to the place of the appearance and there the Virgin found again. Soon the news came to Gandesa and many went to venerate it, moved it also to the Church of Gandesa but on the following day it had disappeared and it was again in the same place. Gandesa then raised a small chapel and later a church. (ftes i photos to see links of the card)