Our region- Terres de l'Ebre by Ariadna Asnà Álvarez

Our gastronomy

aasna2 — 2024-04-16 11:58:46 UTC

The gastronomy in our area is varied and rich. The fact that we are surrounded by mountains and the Mediterranean Sea is reflected in our dishes. The Ebre River crosses our area, which is filled with vineyards, olive, almond, and orange crops. Therefore, the main ingredients in our gastronomy are; rice, fish, seafood, pork, and lamb meat and fresh vegetables and fruits from our farmlands. Also, our pastries from the Arab tradition are specially delicious. There are many restaurants that offer a great variety of traditional dishes; such as our famous rice with cabbage and beans, rice with duck, rice with seafood, clotxa (thick crusted bread with abundant crumb, emptied and filled with herrings, sardines, garlic, onion and tomatoes), Delta oysters, rice sausages. In fact, we have two Michelin-starred restaurants in our town: Les Moles and L'Antic Molí.

Ulldecona (our town)

2024-04-19 07:14:08 UTC

Ulldecona is a town in the region of Montsia, in the south of Catalonia, Spain. It is a small village with 6500 habitants, and in this town and its surroundings, you can visit many interesting places, such as Ulldecona's castle, which is from the Middle Ages. L’Orfeo, the town’s theatre, and the Ermita de la Pietat, a church in the mountain which is also a Youth Hostal and where you can find cave paintings of the years (5000-6000 AC). Another interesting thing of Ulldecona are their olive trees, some of these olive trees are historical with thousands of years. Finally, if you stay in Ulldecona you can visit many cool places in its region of Montsia such as the Delta of Ebre or the natural park of "Els Ports".

History (Batalla Ebre - Spanish Civil War)

2024-04-19 07:17:35 UTC

The Battle of Ebro was a very important civil war in Spain. It lasted three years, from 1936 to 1939. Back then, we have to consider that we were in a dictatorship, led by Francisco Franco. The Civil War in Spain had two sides: the Republican Popular Army and the Spanish Nationalist Army (under Franco's leadership), which lasted 115 days and was the most terrifying battle of the century. Some of the most affected areas were Corbera d’Ebre and Tortosa. There were several consequences. At the end, almost 500,000 people died, and the country had many economy problems.

Our high school-Manuel Sales i Ferré

pferrem21 — 2024-04-19 07:23:11 UTC

Our high school is called Manuel Sales i Ferré, who was a very important person in our literature. You can find our high school next to the primary school, situated in the middle of the town. Our high school, it's not the biggest one, but the fact of being in a small town, become it bigger. There, you can find many classrooms such as a library, a big class called 'Sala d'actes' that we use for talks or meetings, a gymnasium to do P.E with the playgrounds too and some laboratories where we go once a week in each subject: Chemistry, Biology and Technology. There is also a big playground with a café, where you can buy food, and, next to it, a poetic garden, where we have done some Catalan lessons. (In Catalonia we speak two languages; Catalan and Spanish)

Miravet and Horta de Sant Joan (nice villages in our region)

2024-04-19 07:24:34 UTC

Horta de Sant Joan it’s a village in the region of Terra Alta, it’s a very famous village in Terres de l’Ebre because Pablo Picasso spent a year in this town to develop his artistic skills. There you can see visit the Plaça de Sant Salvador d’Horta, it’s a porched square with semicircular arches, you can also visit the Casa del Delme, it’s a renaissance building and the Museum Picasso.

Miravet it’s a village in the region of Ribera d’Ebre, there you can visit the castle that was founded by the Moors and rebuilt by the Knights Templar after the conquest of 1153. It was considered to be the largest fortified in Catalonia.

Els Ports (Natural Park

tcrusellesl21_ — 2024-04-19 07:26:40 UTC

"Els Ports" is a Natural Park that converges in Catalonia, Aragon and Valencia (three regions of Spain). Because of its mountains and rivers, the Park provides a great variety of fauna and flora. We can find snakes, wild goats, different bird species.

You can go hiking at the ports and have fun and enjoy the landscape and the park. There are also many natural pools that you can enjoy in summer!

DELTA DE L’EBRE (NATURAL PARK):

2024-04-26 07:16:05 UTC

Delta de l’Ebre it’s where ebre river and Mediterranean Sea join. It is a natural park where you can see different beautiful and special animals, you can see flamingos and a many other birds or fishes. There are lots of rice fields and it is amazing to see how the landscape changes depending on the season. It is a great place to ride a bike and enjoy the nature.