Miravet

Miravet (Catalan pronunciation: [miraˈβet]) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Miravet
Municipality
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 [2]
• Total	32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	706
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Website	www.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^{[citation needed]}, and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.^{[citation needed]}

Ebre in Miravet

References

1. "Ajuntament de Miravet". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Miravet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

• Government data pages (in Catalan)