Gerona

Gerona, the chief town of the Spanish province of the same name, is at the junction of the Ter and Ona, 54 miles N.E. of Barcelona. The old town has crumbling walls and ruined fortifications, and there is a fine Gothic cathedral with a remarkable nave, 73 feet wide, and a terraced facade, approached by a flight of 86 steps and topped with a rose-window. The town was besieged in 1809, and held out for six months.