Mount Picossa
{{Short description|Mountain in Spain}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Picossa
| native_name ={{native name|ca|La Picossa}}
| photo = Catalunya Picossa.JPG
| photo_caption = View of the summit from the air
| elevation_m = 495.8
| prominence_m =
| prominence_ref =
| range = Isolated hill in the Catalan Central Depression
| listing = Mountains of Catalonia
| map = Spain Catalonia
| map_caption = Location in southern Catalonia
| country = Spain
| subdivision1_type = Community
| subdivision1 = Catalonia
| subdivision2_type = County
| subdivision2 = Ribera d'Ebre
| settlement_type = City
| settlement = Móra d'Ebre
| coordinates = {{coord|41|06|33|N|0|34|35|E|type:mountain_region:ES-CT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| type =
| first_ascent = Unknown
| easiest_route = From Móra d'Ebre
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Mount Picossa ({{langx|ca|La Picossa}}) is a mountain in Catalonia, Spain. It is located within the Móra d'Ebre municipal limits, Ribera d'Ebre.
The summit used to be a breeding ground for the Bonelli's eagle, but in the last few years the birds have failed to reproduce. Human disturbance has been deemed to be the cause and the access to the mountain has been restricted.{{cite web|url=https://www.feec.cat/noticia/mora-debre-tallara-camins-a-la-picossa-per-assegurar-la-reproduccio-de-laguila-cuabarrada/ |title=Móra d'Ebre tallarà camins a la Picossa per assegurar la reproducció de l'àguila cuabarrada|publisher=Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya (FEEC)|language=Spanish|access-date=11 November 2017}}
Geography
Mount Picossa is an isolated hill of the Catalan Central Depression.{{cite web|url=http://www.icc.cat/vissir2/ |title=Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya|publisher= Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya|language=Spanish|accessdate=11 November 2017}}
There is a triangulation station at the top marked "251139001". The Serra de Cavalls can be seen in the horizon looking south.{{cite web|url=http://www.descobrir.cat/ca/galeria/ribera-d-ebre-un-passeig-per-l-horta-de-les-delicies-011/4825|title=La Picossa és el cim més emblemàtic de Mora d'Ebre|language=Spanish|access-date=9 May 2024}}
History
During the Battle of the Ebro of the Spanish Civil War there was an observation point of the Republican Military on top of the hill which was bombed by the Francoist faction before the collapsing of the front. The 42nd Division camped at the hill on 8 November 1938 during its withdrawal, having lost many of its troops and its pace being hampered by the many wounded.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EprL/BM059.htm|title=Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular - BM 59|publisher=Sociedad Benéfica de Historiadores Aficionados y Creadores (S.B.H.A.C)|language=Spanish|access-date=9 May 2024}} By 10 November the Francoists had occupied Mount Picossa.{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Hugh|year=2001|title=The Spanish Civil War|title-link=The Spanish Civil War (book)|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|page=832}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://senderisme.com/prvfile.aspx?idioma=ca-ES&idprv=95 La Picossa hiking routes]
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