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The
Monegros Desert Festival is a
festival of electronic music that
takes place in Spain in the region
of the Monegros between the towns of
Candasnos and Fraga. There are
concerts and sessions in the techno
, hip-hop , drum and bass. The
festival began as a meeting of the
patrons of the club Florida 135 ,
was first held in 1994 and today has
become one of the most important
events of European electronic
culture. With an influx in recent
editions of 40,000 people, it is an
event that affects the whole area,
as cities such as Lleida , Zaragoza
and Huesca and the surrounding
villages of the estate of the
festival, see their hotel rooms
benefit from being full for the days
of the festival.
Los
Monegros is a comarca in Aragon,
Spain. It is located within the
provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca.
The area is prone to chronic
droughts, and much of the area is
badlands. Los Monegros borders seven
comarcas: Hoya de Huesca to the
North; Somontano de Barbastro, Cinca
Medio, and Bajo Cinca to the East;
Zaragoza to the West; and Ribera
Baja del Ebro and Bajo Aragón-Caspe
to the South.
The
Sierra de Alcubierre mountain chain
crosses the comarca from Northwest
to Southeast. Its maximum elevation
is 822 meters, at the mountain
called Oscuro. The climate is
semiarid, with scarce rainfall and
high temperatures in the autumn. The
area has numerous saltwater and
freshwater lakes, including the Lake
of Sariñena and the Lake of la
Playa. The area's cultural heritage
includes several historical
monasteries, including the
Monasterio de Santa María de Sigena
and the Charterhouse of Las Fuentes.
In
December 2007, the local government
announced that the comarca had been
chosen for the site of the Gran
Scala, a huge European project to
build a "destination city of leisure
for all ages." Designed to include
numerous theme parks and casinos,
the area would become one of the
primary entertainment centers of
Europe.
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