Mont-roig del Camp explained

Mont-roig del Camp
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Catalonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:41.0892°N 0.9606°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Tarragona
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Baix Camp
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Francisco Morancho López (2015)[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:63.3
Population Density Km2:auto

Mont-roig del Camp (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /munˈrɔdʒ ðəl ˈkam/) is a town and municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp in Catalonia. It is in the middle of its comarca, between the Serra de Colldejou and the Mediterranean Sea. It includes two populated places: the historic town of Mont-roig del Camp in the interior, whose economy revolves round the cultivation of nuts and olives, and the beach resort of Miami Platja on the coast, the Costa Daurada.

The municipality has a long coastline, with campsites and a few hotels, informally distributed over the districts of Pins de Miramar and Miami Platja, as well as round the Platja de Rifà (Rifà beach), close to the district of Les Pobles.

Notable buildings include the "new" parish church, that of Sant Miquel, built in Gothic and Renaissance style between 1574 and 1610.

High above the town on a very eroded outcrop of rock stands the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rock with the Sant Ramon chapel. The painter Joan Miró spent long periods at the family property of Mas d'en Miró, in the Les Pobles district, from 1911 onwards. It was a frequent subject in his early paintings, such as The Farm (1920–21) and The Tilled Field (1923–24).[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de Mont-roig del Camp. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: Mont-roig del Camp. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.
  3. Book: Matisse, Picasso, Miró as I Knew Them. Rosamund Bernier. Alfred Knopf. 1991. 0394586700. registration.