Massís de l'Ardenya
The Massís de l'Ardenya also Serra de l'Ardenya or Massís de Cadiretes - l'Ardenya (in Spanish Macizo de les Cadiretes ) is a mountain range in Catalonia . The highest mountain is the Puig de les Cadiretes with 518.7 m above sea level. As the Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural, the mountains are protected landscape areas .
location
The Massís de l'Ardenya is part of the Catalan coastal mountains , the Serralada Litoral Catalana . This mountain range is characteristic of the "wild" character of the Costa Brava ( Costa Brava means "wild coast"). Especially in the core area of the Costa Brava, between Lloret de Mar and Sant Feliu de Guíxols the coastal mountains falls steeply to the coast from (this steep drop continues under water) and made the country formerly difficult to pass and today one of the attractions of the Spanish tourism become .
Between Lloret and Tossa de Mar , the coastal mountains are called Serra de Marina . Between Tossa and Sant Feliu it is the Massís de l'Ardenya. North of the expressway between Llagostera and Sant Feliu (C 65), which forms the pass road between the two parts of the mountain, joins the Massís de les Gavarres .
Inland, the triangle of Lloret, Llagostera and Sant Feliu forms the boundary between the mountains and the Girona plain . The Massís de l'Ardenya is located in the comarcas Baix Empordà , Gironès and La Selva .
The provincial road GI-6821 connects the coastal road over the pass at the Ermita de Sant Grau with Llagostera and forms the border between Baix Empordà and La Selva. The Paradolmen d'en Garcia is a Stone Age tomb in the Massís de l'Ardenya.
mountains
Important mountains are:
mountain | height | location | image |
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Puig de les Cadiretes | 518.7 m | ▼ | |
Montagut | 498.3 m | ▼ | |
Montllor | 470.4 m | ▼ | |
Puig de les Cols | 416.8 m | ▼ | |
Montllor Petit | 403.4 m | ▼ | |
Puig de Sant Baldiri | 401.5 m | ▼ | |
El Montclar | 401.1 m | ▼ | |
Puig de les Vacasses | 386 m | ▼ | |
Turó de l'Avi | 356 m | ▼ | |
Puig Nau | 227.2 m | ▼ | |
Roques Bessones | 169 m | ▼ |
swell
- Heights according to the Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya 1: 10,000 of the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya .