Andorra

Nestled in the Pyrenees, Andorra shares a Catalan-speaking mountain culture of pastoralism, dance and stonework.

Language & oral Music & dance Nature & herbalism Building & habitat

Knowledge in this place

Catalan language

Catalan language

Catalan is Andorra's sole official language, the only sovereign state where it holds that status.

Language & oral

Contrapas and marratxa dances

Contrapas and marratxa dances

Traditional communal dances of Sant Julia de Loria performed at the village's annual festival.

Pyrenean transhumance

Pyrenean transhumance

The seasonal droving of livestock to high summer pastures, inscribed by UNESCO across the Pyrenees and beyond.

Nature & herbalism

Dry stone and tobacco drying barns

Dry stone and tobacco drying barns

Mountain building in dry stone, including the wooden barns once used to dry the valleys' tobacco crop.

Building & habitat