Tivissa

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Tivissa (Catalan pronunciation: [tiˈβisa]) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,658 (register office, 2025) . It is located below the La Llena massif. As well as the village of Tivissa itself, the municipality also includes the village of La Serra d'Almos, at the feet of the Montalt mountains, and the hamlets of Darmós and Llaberia.

History

The area was settled in prehistoric times, and cave paintings have been discovered in several sites near the village.

In Iberian times, Tivissa was an important community, and the name itself may be of Iberian origin. There are the remains of an Iberian settlement at Banyoles, some five kilometres from the modern village and overlooking the Ebre river. The importance of these settlements was surely related to their position on the route through the pass of Coll de Fatxes, leading from the coast of Tarragona to what is now Zaragoza.

In the Roman period, amphorae made in Tivissa made their way as far as Rome itself, presumably to transport olive oil or wine. In the Middle Ages it was home to a castle, and about 1350 Tivissa became a walled settlement. Some remains of these walls can still be seen, particularly the gateways of Portal de l'Era, Portal d'Avall and Portal de la Raval, as well as of the castle.

On 4 August 1939, Tivissa was the site of Spain's first fatal airliner accident. The Hans Wende, a Junkers Ju 52/3mte (D-AUJG) of Deutsche Lufthansa, crashed into the Llaberia mountains near Tivissa en route from Toulouse to Casablanca, killing all 7 occupants.

Monuments

Los santuarios con pinturas rupestres prehistóricas de la Font Villela, espléndido ejemplo de las expresiones creenciales-artísticas conocidas como Arte levantino y Arte esquemático. Se encuentran en la lista del Patrimonio Mundial desde 1998.

Llaberia:

Se trata de un asentamiento medieval, y todavía algunas casas conservan fachadas antiguas. La más destacada es "Cal Riba", que tiene una inscripción sobre la puerta que indica 1640. Entre los pocos edificios del pueblo sobresale la iglesia románica de San Juan Bautista, que está construida sobre una antigua fortaleza. Tiene una nave rectangular con un ábside de medio punto y una entrada lateral.

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Famous people

•Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, Prelado español y copríncipe de Andorra

•Dolors Martí Domènech, política española

•Ramón Jardí i Borrás, meteorólogo, astrónomo y sismólogo español

•José Ribera y Sans, médico español

•Rafael Doménech, historiador y crítico de arte español

Town hall

Alcaldía: Joan Cedó i Sans

Web oficial: http://www.tivissa.cat/

Town hall of Tivissa

Alcaldía: Joan Cedó i Sans Web oficial: http://www.tivissa.cat/

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