Miravet

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Miravet
Inner courtyard at Miravet castle
Inner courtyard at Miravet castle
Coat of arms of Miravet
Miravet is located in Catalonia
Miravet
Miravet
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°2′N 0°36′E / 41.033°N 0.600°E / 41.033; 0.600
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
Province Tarragona
ComarcaRibera d'Ebre
Government
  MayorAntoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1]
Area
  Total
32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[3]
  Total
703
  Density21.8/km2 (56.4/sq mi)
Websitewww.miravet.cat

Miravet (Catalan pronunciation: [miraˈβet]) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 703 (register office, 2025) Edit this on Wikidata.

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]

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