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Alforja

Alforja, Baix Camp, Tarragona

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Alforja

Village · Alforja, Baix Camp, Tarragona

Alforja is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, with 2,024 inhabitants, situated at the foot of a mountainous area, on the pass linking Reus and the Camp de Tarragona with the Priorat and the Prades mountains; its name probably comes from the Arabic al-hurga, opening or separation. It originated as an old Arab farmstead devoted to silver mining; the first written documents date from 1152, and in 1154 the town and its church are mentioned in a bull of Pope Anastasius IV. The founding charter, from 1158, was granted by Count Ramon Berenguer IV and Bishop Bernat Tort. Phylloxera devastated Alforja's vineyards at the end of the 19th century; the hazelnut tree took their place and became the dominant crop of the Baix Camp.

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