Miravet

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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 CataloniaScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

History

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.

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Ebre in Miravet

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