Miravet
Miravet | |
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| Inner courtyard at Miravet castle Inner courtyard at Miravet castle | |
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Coat of arms of Miravet Coat of arms | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Community | File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia |
| Province | File:Bandera actual de la provincia de Tarragona.svg Tarragona |
| Comarca | Ribera d'Ebre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi) |
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| Website | www |
Miravet (Catalan pronunciation: [miraˈβet]) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of .
The village and the castle was founded by the Moors and rebuilt by the Knights Templar and transformed into a fortress-monastery, after the conquest of 1153. It is considered to be the largest fortified complex in Catalonia[citation needed], and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.[citation needed]
History
[edit | edit source]In the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 it was one of the scenes of the Battle of the Ebro. The 4th November 1938, the fascists occupied Miravent and continued east of the Ebro river.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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