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La Torre de l'Espanyol, the smallest village in the Ribera d'Ebre

la Torre de l'Espanyol, Ribera d'Ebre, Tarragona

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La Torre de l'Espanyol, the smallest village in the Ribera d'Ebre

Monument · la Torre de l'Espanyol, Ribera d'Ebre, Tarragona

The smallest municipality of the Ribera d'Ebre by population, known for its modernist winery. Located on the left bank of the Ebro, at 164 metres above sea level, it now has 641 inhabitants, far from the 1,527 it once had in 1900. Its name comes from a 1175 grant by Count Alfonso I to a knight called Espanyol, over an old Roman watchtower; the place was under the Order of the Temple until 1307-1312 and then under the Order of the Hospital until the 19th century. It lives on dry farming (olive, almond) and irrigated farming (fruit trees), and on poultry and pig farming. The parish church of Sant Jaume, with a façade featuring a wavy pediment, was completed in 1787.

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