Almacelles
Camino Catalán por San Juan de la Peña
Lleida · LéridaCatalunya · Cataluña
Andalusian Arabic toponym derived from al-maṣalla ('the oratory, the public prayer hall'), from classical muṣallā.
Town founded in 1773 by Melchor de Guardia on the old abandoned Arab settlement. Example of 18th-century enlightened foundation with regular urban planning.
Evolution of the name
- al-maṣalla Andalusi Arabic 9th–11th centuries
- Almacelles medieval Catalan from the 18th century
Glossary
- Enlightened foundation
- 18th-century Spanish urban planning model consisting of the ex novo creation of rural populations with regular geometric plan, hygienic facilities and fiscal privileges, financed by the Crown or by the enlightened nobility. Almacelles (1773), La Carolina (1767) and Encinas Reales (1768) are examples of the model.
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Camino Catalán por San Juan de la Peña