Girona
Culture
Culture
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### Popular culture

The *Barri Vell* and the [Girona Cathedral](/wiki/Girona_Cathedral "Girona Cathedral") have been the set of several films, e.g. *[The Monk](/wiki/The_Monk_%282011_film%29 "The Monk (2011 film)")* and [episode 10 of season 6](/wiki/The_Winds_of_Winter_%28Game_of_Thrones%29%23Filming "The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones)#Filming") of *[Game of Thrones](/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")*.

### Sports

During the professional cycling season, various non\-European pro cyclists have called Girona home, as illustrated in the book by [Michael Barry](/wiki/Michael_Barry_%28cyclist%29 "Michael Barry (cyclist)"), written during his time with the US Postal Service cycling team. Between races, cyclists do their training rides outside the city, which provides excellent training terrain.

In the Spring of 1997, [Marty Jemison](/wiki/Marty_Jemison "Marty Jemison"), [Tyler Hamilton](/wiki/Tyler_Hamilton "Tyler Hamilton") and [George Hincapie](/wiki/George_Hincapie "George Hincapie") moved to Girona as teammates of the US Postal Service Professional Cycling Team. This was the first year that American cyclists started living in Girona and meeting for training rides at the Pont de Pedra. Later, other well\-known professional cyclists such as [Lance Armstrong](/wiki/Lance_Armstrong "Lance Armstrong") came to live in the city.

Football is also widely popular. The local Football club is [Girona FC](/wiki/Girona_FC "Girona FC"), who were promoted to [La Liga](/wiki/La_Liga "La Liga") in 2017\. In December 2023, they recorded their first ever league victory over [FC Barcelona](/wiki/FC_Barcelona "FC Barcelona") to temporarily reach the top of the table. The club's stadium is [Estadi Montilivi](/wiki/Estadi_Montilivi "Estadi Montilivi").

The city has a [roller hockey](/wiki/Roller_hockey_%28quad%29 "Roller hockey (quad)") team, [GEiEG](/wiki/GEiEG "GEiEG"), one of the most important in Spain, which competes in the main League [OK Liga](/wiki/OK_Liga "OK Liga").


Which athletes have lived and trained in Girona?