[cafe] Re: An Andorra amateur

[Jean Louis NEGRE]

visit my site http://site.voila.fr/Monnaies.Andorre


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Date : mercredi 10 avril 2002 10:17
Objet : [cafe] An Andorra amateur


> Hola, Andorra!
> I'm from Russia, my name is Artyom, I'm 25 years old. For already many
>years I am interested in your country, it's a kind of my hobby, in a way:-)
>Sorry for not using Catalan, I do not speak it, just understand a little,
as
>well as Spanish and French.
>
> At the moment I even write a "book" about Andorra, there I try to collect
>all available information relating the Principality. Hope it could be
useful
>for providing more tourist from Russian-speaking countries to ypur
beautiful
>country! BTW,  Andorra's becoming rather popular here, e.g. both of my 2
>bosses went to Andorra for New Year holidays with the families this year.
>
>My special points of interest are:
>
>ž        the country's history, including:
>
>-        history, starting from the deep prehistory till nowadays;
>
>-        numismatics;
>
>-        philately;
>
>-        heraldic;
>
>-        historical persons.
>
>ž        Geography and nature;
>
>ž        Politics;
>
>ž        Finances, taxes, economy;
>
>ž        Population, customs & traditions, culture, legends, language;
>
>ž        Literature of Andorra and about Andorra, including alternative
>history, "secret history" and science fiction.
>
>Re this last point, surprisingly, there are quite a few writings, and even
>one Russian "allohistory" (alternative history) short story about Boris
>Skosyreff ("King Boris I") reign. The story called "Andorran Town of
>Lechery" (by G. Zlotin) is of parable and humorous-philosophic character.
If
>it is of interest for anyone, I could write an article about this "other
>Andorra" and contribute it to  AndorraWEB  and even translate the story
into
>English.
>
> These are the points my future "book" is focused on. Less interesting for
>me are matters of tourism, winter sport resorts, and everyday political
>conjuncture.
>
> Unfortunately, there are not too many of information about Andorra in
>Internet, excluding usually very brief historical, geographical, economical
>surveys, often at tourist-oriented sites. Most info is in Catalan, Spanish
>and French, some in English. The plainest historical essay found in WWW is
>Josep Quereda Vazquez's "Historia d'Andorra" (in Catalan and English).
There
>are 4 governmental statistic surveys (1998, 2000-2001) in Catalan and
>English, however.
>
> Can anyone advise there to find more advanced information in WWW, or how
>can I get it via e-mail or snail-mail? Detailed history, esp. of Middle
>Ages? Texts of primary historical documents, such as the two pareages,
Carta
>de Fundacio d'Andorra, "Nova Reforma, Antoni Fiter i Rossell's "Manual
>Digest", Antoni Puig's"Politar Andorra", other books? In general, most
>complete materials re Andorra (preferably in English no hope of Russian?..)
>or at least Spanish, which is simpler to translate than Catalan (no Catalan
>dictionaries available)) on mentioned topics? Even tourist guides, if they
>content some interesting info. Please, anyone? Or is there a kind of
>historical society of Andorra to address? Do libraries have some relevant
>texts in electronic from that can be obtained? Some internet sites that are
>not easy to find?..
>
> I intend to visit Andorra this year, may be in autumn (when there are not
>to many tourists and prices are lower? In October,  November?..) So, see
you
>(perhaps) - the country is small!!! :-)
>
> I'd love to live in Andorra!
>
> Que vagi be,
>
>Artyom.
>
>
>
>
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