This document provides information about La Sénia, Spain. It describes La Sénia as a municipality located in the Terres de l'Ebre Biosphere Reserve, known for its landscapes of olive groves and rivers. The document outlines some of La Sénia's historical and cultural features, including its high school, traditional festivals, foods, and furniture industry. It also describes an Erasmus+ project called "Science and Sport speak the same language" involving students from La Sénia, Beja, Genoa, and La Rochelle applying science to sports.

1. ''Science and Sport speak''Science and Sport speak
the same language''the same language''
Erasmus+ KA229 project:
Dragos Luca Bandi

2. Our town: La Sénia
La Sénia.

3. What and where is La
Sénia?
La Sénia is a municipality in the comarca of
Montsià in Catalonia, Spain.
La Sénia's emblem. La Sénia's situation in the map.

5. La Sénia HighschoolLa Sénia Highschool
It has up to 400 student from
La Sénia and the nearby town
Rossell.

6. La SéniaLa Sénia
Landscapes
&
environment

7. Terres de l'EbreTerres de l'Ebre
Biosphere ReserveBiosphere Reserve
It is home of many
ecosystems running from
the Mediterranean coast up
to the mountains and
traversing the gentle waters
of the Ebro River.

8. Terres de l'EbreTerres de l'Ebre
Biosphere ReserveBiosphere Reserve
La Sénia is located in the southern part of
Terres de l'Ebre Biosphere Reserve.

9. Terres de l'EbreTerres de l'Ebre
Biosphere ReserveBiosphere Reserve
Includes two nature reserves:
Delta de l'Ebre and Ports.

10. Monumental trees:Monumental trees:
The Faig Pare tree is a large beech
tree that heights up to 24 meters.
It is situated in the Natural Park of
Ports.

11. Monumental trees:Monumental trees:
The Pi Gros és the
thickest and tallest pinus
nigra of all Catalonia.
It also has got one of the
largest diameter of the
Iberian Peninsula.

12. la Sénia Riverla Sénia River
The Sénia River is a
river of 49 km of
length, situated
between the province
of Castellón and the
province of
Tarragona.
It separates both
provinces; looking
like a «natural
border».

13. Country landscape:Country landscape:
An expanse of olive groves.An expanse of olive groves.
La Sénia is composed by a landscape
dominated by olive groves, some of
them up to 1000 y. old.
There is a census of almost 4800
millenary olive trees surrounding La
Sénia and its nearby towns, which
makes this the area with the largest
concentration of millenary olive trees in
the world.

14. The furniture industry inThe furniture industry in
La SéniaLa Sénia
La Sénia is famous for an amazing amount of economic and
handcrafted activity all related to furniture.

15. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
Pallerols carpets.

16. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
Horse races.

17. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
Donkey races.

18. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
Traditional bullfighters in La Sénia («bou embolat»).

19. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
The Recapte Festival; it's a
traditional festivity in La Sénia.
The traditional food eaten at this
day is the Recapte, made of
vegetables, meat, sausages, etc.

20. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
The Gastronomic Fair: a
traditional festivity where
many foreign people come
from different places and
show us different food.

21. Traditional festivities:Traditional festivities:
The Artesan Fair.

22. Traditional food:Traditional food:
A traditional dessert in La Sénia is
the «pastisset», small stuffed
fried cakes, traditional in
Catalonia, in the Valencian
Community and in Mallorca
(where they are called rubiols).
They are usually filled with a
special jam called «cabell
d'àngel», but it can be filled with
codonyat or mató cheese.

23. Traditional food:Traditional food:
The «manjoia» is a typical dessert in La Sénia, often
made in Easter. It is made of flour and sugar and filled
with «cabell d'àngel» jam and eggs.

24. Additional information:Additional information:
For more information, you can see more at:
http://agora.xtec.cat/ies-la-senia/moodle/?lang=es
https://lasenia.cat/html/
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25. Our project:Our project:
«Science and Sport speak the same language»
Participants:
La Sénia (Spain)
Beja (Portugal)
Genova (Italy)
La Rochelle (France)

26. Our project:Our project:
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La Rochelle
Gènova
Beja
La Sènia

27. Our project:Our project:
It applies science to real sport activities. Students use the
scientific laws they have learnt in class to solve questions
relateed with their own physical exercise.

28. Our project:Our project:
Mountain trip to Pallerols.

29. Our project:Our project:
Mountain race.

30. Additional information:Additional information:
If you need more information, you can see
more at:
http://florencisales2.wixsite.com/cmite■

31. Thank you forThank you for
your attention!your attention!