Miravet Explained

Miravet
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Catalonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:41.0333°N 36°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Tarragona
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Ribera d'Ebre
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Antoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:32.3
Population Density Km2:auto

Miravet (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /miraˈβet/) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

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, and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de Miravet. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: Miravet. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.