La Figuera Main Festival Activity · la Figuera, Priorat, Tarragona Image of la Figuera, not of the place itself. The Festa Major de la Figuera is held for Sant Pau on 15 January, in a village that received a settlement charter from the bishop of Tortosa in 1182 after the 12th-century Christian conquest. Its traditional dance is the jota, in its own version known as the jota de la Figuera. Photo: Viquipèdia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA) What to see and do in la Figuera