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Queralbs ((:kəˈɾaɫps)) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Pyrenees to the north of Ribes de Freser, with the peaks of Puigmal (2909 m), Infern (2896 m) and Noufonts (2864 m). Tourism and hydroelectric generation are the bases of the local economy. The shrine of Núria is situated in the municipality, to the north of the village: it houses a romanesque marial image of ''la Mare de Déu de Núria''. The shrine is reached by a rack railway from Ribes de Freser, which also serves the village. There is also a local road to Ribes de Freser (7 km, 4 miles), which serves the ski resort. The first historical mention of Queralbs is in the consecration act of the church of the Urgell Diocese in 836—thus the town's motto, ''poble mil·lenari'' (millennial town)--and its Romanesque church, dedicated to Saint James, dates to the late tenth century. ==Earthquakes== Queralbs is located to the north-west of the active Amer-Brugent fault system. Queralbs was entirely destroyed in the Catalan earthquake of 1428 whose epicentre was in nearby Camprodon.〔Banda E. et A. M. Correig (1984). The catalan earthquake of February 2, 1428. ''Engineering Geology'', 20, pp 89-97.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queralbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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