{"id":1067,"date":"2012-02-16T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.altipla.cat\/termes-fitesi-altres-mots-topografics-a-la-vall-de-lord\/"},"modified":"2012-02-16T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:59:49","slug":"physical-terms-and-other-topographic-words-in-the-lord-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/termes-fitesi-altres-mots-topografics-a-la-vall-de-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Terms, landmarks,\u2026and other topographic words in the Vall de Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Term<\/strong>. Popularment coneguda com a \u00abfita\u00bb, es pot definir com un senyal de pedra que indica el l\u00edmit d&#8217;una propietat (termenat), tot i que modernament les termes poden ser d&#8217;obra o fins i tot d&#8217;altres materials com el pl\u00e0stic. A la Vall de Lord en diem \u00abla terme\u00bb (en femen\u00ed) per\u00f2 en altres comarques es fa servir el mateix mot canviat de g\u00e8nere (el terme), tenint el mateix significat. Cal diferenciar els o les termes, equivalents a les fites, del terme , relatiu a la propietat d&#8217;una porci\u00f3 de terreny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/01_terme.jpg\" width=\"287\" height=\"400\" alt=\"01_term\" title=\"\"><br \/>Term or milestone. Excerpt from\u2019<a href=\"http:\/\/enciclopedia.cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">encyclopedia.cat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally the termes were stones of a slightly regular and elongated shape (A), indicating the direction of the termen or boundary. The termes are usually accompanied by witnesses, also of stone, called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">godchildren<\/span> (B), i normalment de mida m\u00e9s petita que la \u00abterme\u00bb principal. Podem trobar una, dues, tres o m\u00e9s filloles fent de testimoni, tot i que el m\u00e9s habitual \u00e9s trobar-ne dues. A la Vall de Lord trobarem que les filloles s&#8217;anomenen <strong>seedlings<\/strong>, which according to the IEC dictionary is synonymous with son. To finish the description of the terms, we have to define the last part, the most hidden, the witness (D), which proves its authenticity. This witness can be made up of different materials such as coal, lime, remains of tiles, ... and we can only see it by digging up the term. Working in the region of La Selva we learned that this witness there is called <strong>pledge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1063\" alt=\"02_shade\" height=\"400\" width=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02_obaga.jpg\" title=\"\"><br \/>Terme in L&#039;Obaga de Les Cases<\/p>\n<p>We can also find double terms, indicating changes in direction in the term, or triple terms indicating the intersection of three terms or three properties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1064\" alt=\"03_plasterers\" height=\"267\" width=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03_guixeres.jpg\" title=\"\"><br \/>Double term, indicating change of direction, in Guixers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1065\" alt=\"04_plasterers_02\" height=\"267\" width=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04_guixeres_02.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Triple term, intersection of three terms, in Guixerss<\/p>\n<p>Leaving aside modern landmarks, of which we can find all types and colors, we can still find other types of landmarks, such as crosses engraved in rock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1066\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" alt=\"05_houses\" height=\"267\" width=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05_cases.jpg\" title=\"\"><br \/>Cross-shaped terminus, in Les Cases<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Termination<\/strong>. Limit or dividing line between two terms or properties. Synonym of Limit, partition or termenal. Termenat is the proper name of the Vall de Lord. <em>Example, This ridge is the boundary between Les Cases and Vallonga. <\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Termination<\/strong>. To have its terminus or limit at such and such a point. Synonymous with limiting. Example, In this margin I end with El Pujol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postpone<\/strong>. To mark the boundaries or terms of a property. Synonymous with delimiting. The termination, an act known among topographers, usually consists of marking the terms between two properties. To make this act official, a third person (topographer, notary, etc.) is often required to witness it and draw up a record.<\/p>\n<p>These landmarks that we can still find in many corners of our geography are historical witnesses of the intense relationship that man had with the countryside or the mountains. Many of these landmarks were placed centuries ago, always being known and respected by the owners, neighbors and other inhabitants of those areas. Today, many have been lost with the abandonment of the countryside and will be very difficult to find.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#039;t want to end without thanking Josep Cases for giving me the opportunity to do this topographic work and Miquel Canals, from Sant Feliu (Guixers), without whom I would not have been able to know any of these interesting words.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aprofitant els treballs topogr\u00e0fics que estic duent a terme a la Vall de Lord (Solson\u00e8s) m&#8217;ha semblat interessant fer un recull de mots relacionats amb la propietat. Aquests mots s\u00f3n propis de la Vall, i no coincideixen amb la denominaci\u00f3 gen\u00e8rica en catal\u00e0 que fem servir els top\u00f2grafs. Aix\u00f2 no vol dir que no puguin fer-se servir tamb\u00e9 en altres valls o comarques catalanes.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sense-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altipla.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}