by Jennifer Figuerola
The city of Barcelona is slightly over 90 km2 in area, and has a population of 1,700,000. It is the centre of a large metropolitan area which has over three million inhabitants.
Over two thousand years old, Barcelona is the capital of Cataluña. Cataluña is more than a part of Spain: the Catalan people [...]
by Jennifer Figuerola
ALCOSSEBRE/ALCOCEBER, SOUTH OF Peniscola, sits within the historic Alcala de Xivert cluster of three centres – Las Fuentes,(so named for its freshwater fountains), Alcossebre and Cap i Corb. Together they provide the perfect blend of excellent beaches and a natural terrain for walking and cycling.
Bordered by two mountain ranges, La Sierra de las [...]
THE ADVENT OF THE MOORS & THE CULTURAL CHANGING OF A NATION
In the last episode (part 3, June issue) we learnt of the times of the Visigoths and the ‘dark age’ of Spain. Dark age because of the dearth of information we have about this period, for the Visigoths lived off the achievements of the [...]
BY JENNIFER FIGUEROLA
The delta of the River Ebro, in the province of Tarragona, is the main coastal delta on the Iberian peninsula and one of the largest in the Med. It was once considered a micro-tidal delta dominated by the river regime and wave action. The tides reach their greatest magnitude in the months from [...]
THE VANDALS, VISIGOTHS AND THEIR DARK AGE THE ADVENT OF THE MOORS
BY BRIAN HALL
In previous issues of ‘A Brief Moment’, we learnt of early Iberian history from the start of early man antecessor, through to the Phoenicians and Greeks and then the Carthaginian invasion of southern Spain with the arrival of Hamilcar and his [...]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME PART 2
BY BRIAN HALL
In part one of ‘A Brief Moment’, we learnt of the beginning of Iberian history from the start of early man, the so called homo antecessor, some 800,000 years ago through to the time of the Phoenicians and Greeks and then the Carthaginian invasion of southern Spain [...]
MORA D’EBRE , THE RIBERA D’EBRE REGION AND A BRIEF GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF TWO BRITISH RESIDENTS.
Jennifer Figuerola
Standing proudly on the banks of the Ebro and framed by the famous arched bridge, Mora d’Ebre has evolved into a bustling market town of 5000 inhabitants, its commodities serving many of the surrounding villages and hamlets.
Somehow [...]
By Brian Hall
O.K. you lot at the back, stop yawning and just before you turn the page I know that history is like so much dust on the top of a cupboard, best left alone and certainly not to draw your fingers through! But just a minute, now that you live in another country than [...]
by Jennifer Figuerola
Tortosa, is the capital of the Baix Ebre region of southern Tarragona. An attractive, historic town on the River Ebro, situated between high hills just above its delta, it now lays claim to a population of 36 000. Although classed as part of the Costa Dorada, Tortosa is actually situated in the middle [...]
