Cardona, a town of Spain, 44 miles NW. of Barcelona, on the Cardoner, with a strongly fortified castle. Close by is a celebrated mountain of salt, which has a height of about 265 feet, and measures a league round; its caves are frequently visited by parties with torches to witness its singular and beautiful reflection of the light. Pop. 4360.
Cardona
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 762
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