Miravet

Miravet is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Miravet
Inner courtyard at Miravet castle
Inner courtyard at Miravet castle
Coat of arms of Miravet
Miravet is located in Catalonia
Miravet
Miravet
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°2′N 0°36′E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
Province Tarragona
ComarcaRibera d'Ebre
Government
  MayorAntoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1]
Area
  Total32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[3]
  Total706
  Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Websitewww.miravet.cat

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.

Ebre in Miravet

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