Miravet
Miravet is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Miravet | |
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Inner courtyard at Miravet castle | |
Coat of arms | |
Miravet Location in Catalonia | |
Coordinates: 41°2′N 0°36′E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Tarragona |
Comarca | Ribera d'Ebre |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 706 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Website | www |
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.
References
- "Ajuntament de Miravet". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- "El municipi en xifres: Miravet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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