Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida

I visited Lleida as a detour traveling from Tarragona to Barcelona. I takes about one and a half hours from both cities. I arrived in the afternoon and when I walked from the train station to my hotel I was first a bit shocked how run down the streets looked in the very centre of the city. Thanks to covid a had found a rather cheap four star hotel near the station which I find always the best choice if you travel with public transport and luggage. But the hotel fitted quite oddly into the neighborhood with visible signs poverty everywhere. After dropping my luggage I walked up to the city hill which is the nominated area of this TWHS: It contains the old cathedral with a tower and cloisters, the remnants of a castle and large fortifications from several centuries. As soon as I came closer I got first views of this impressive hill with its fortifications and the beautiful church tower watching over the city. I walked first around the big cathedral building. On the back side I enjoyed two large portals with geometric patterns and figurativ capitals which showed Italian, French and even Norman influences, recognizable on the first glance. Later I read that the local stonemasonry was famous at the time and combined several influences. As often on this trip it took me a while to figure out where the entrance was and were I should buy my ticket. Since the weather was rather bad (as …