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English translation: Customs House

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Spanish term or phrase:	aduana
English translation:	Customs House
Entered by:	Susana Magnani

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13:38 Apr 3, 2006

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Tourism & Travel / for people who know Logroño

Spanish term or phrase: aduana

"El Hotel X está situado en la zona comercial de La Jonquera, junto a la aduana." Wouldn't really pose a problem except that obviously such a customs office would no longer be functioning. So: is this a building/ruin? A street?

I found a reference to "aduana de Castilla" around the 16th century, suspect as far as an old Taifa "diwan", but can't really say "beside customs" as regards a landlocked province smack in the middle of modern Spain.

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Local time: 04:48

Customs House

Explanation:
that's the way they're designated in USA, at least, even if they're no longer in operation.. good luck!

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Note added at 3 mins (2006-04-03 13:41:16 GMT)
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http://www.customshouse.co.uk/

Selected response from:

Susana Magnani
Argentina

Grading comment

Thanks, I added 'old'. OTH, it's misleading to take 'La Jonquera' as a starting point in this instance since this is ANOTHER place with the same name as the town in Barcelona.
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Customs House

Susana Magnani

douane, custom-house

kurecova

next to the French-Spanish border / next to the border of Spain and France

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Customs House

Susana Magnani
Argentina
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks, I added 'old'. OTH, it's misleading to take 'La Jonquera' as a starting point in this instance since this is ANOTHER place with the same name as the town in Barcelona.

30 mins confidence:

douane, custom-house

Explanation:
douane, custom-house

kurecova
Local time: 04:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Czech

39 mins confidence:

next to the French-Spanish border / next to the border of Spain and France

Explanation:
Se me ocurre que si no te gusta "customs house", ya que ésta no existe, puedes poner que está lindando entre la frontera de España y Francia...

No sé.... Espero te sirva de algo.

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Note added at 41 mins (2006-04-03 14:19:58 GMT)
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This is the most northerly town which can be found and the French-Spanish border has been located here since the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659). Its principal activity is commerce, due to its proximity to France.

At the beginning of the 1990s, it underwent a major crisis, due to the disappearance of the customs zone, but it recovered in the mid-1990s thanks to the commerce and hotel trade.

The town of La Jonquera has an old elongated nucleus which follows the old royal way, with the church of Santa María and the house of Ca n’Armet.

We should also mention the castle of Requesens.
To the south, there is an area of lakes, and to the north, we have Puigneulós, the highest peak of the Albera mountain range and from there you can enjoy an exceptional panoramic view of the Empordà and the Rosselló regions. To the north are Los Límites and El Pertús, a commercial town, part of which belongs to the town and the other part to France; the border between the two states coincides with the pavements; the eastern side belongs to Spain and the western side to France.

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Note added at 59 mins (2006-04-03 14:37:21 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot to include the web site www.costabravanord.com/dataview. php?LANG=ENG&LOGIN=jonquera1 - 11k -

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Local time: 04:48
Native speaker of:

Spanish
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