Girona

Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish: Gerona, French: G?rone) is a city located in the northwest of Catalonia, Spain on the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the Catalonian county Giron?s. The population was ca. 74879 in 2001.

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The first inhabitants in the region were Iberians. Later, the Romans built a citadel there, which was given the name Gerunda (hence, the Spanish name Gerona). The Visigoths ruled in Girona until it was conquered by the Moors. Finally, Charlemagne reconquered it in 785 and made it one of the fourteen original countships of Catalonia. Guifr? I incorporated Girona to the county of Barcelona in 878. Alfonso I of Arag?n declared Girona to be a city in the 11th century. The ancient county later became a duchy (1351) when the king Pedro III of Arag?n gave the title of Duke to his first-born son, Juan. In 1414, King Fernando I in turn gave the title of Prince of Girona to his first-born son, Alfonso. The title is currently carried by Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias.

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