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The legend tells that there was a huge fig tree in the same place where the village stands up today. It was so big that the Romans' herds were safeguarded under it. Some years later, a castle was built in a way that the tree was in its patio". Nowadays, in the Wall Street, we can still watch at the remains of the fortified walls. Of the disappeared castle and of the big fig tree, the village took its name. The first historical data about La Figuera is found in the donation that Albert de Castellvell to that Church of Tortosa. In this donation, it was mentioned as Mountain of Gibolhoder. Gibolhoder or La Figuera was not inhabited until some years after its integration in the lands of Tortosa. Its population permit was written on the 5th.of December of 1182, three years before the one of Cabacés were written. It is one of the oldest population permits of the Catalunya Nova. Then, it was given a wide township, that limited with the Montsant
River, and with the Mas d'en Bas (the old village of El Molar), and
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There is a mass on the 15th.of January (Sant Pau's Day), in the hermitage. Other feasts are celebrated on the 15th.of May, in the day of Sant Isidre Llaurador, and on the 11th.of November, in the day of Sant Martí. In the second weekend of August, the groups of Sardana dancers meet
in the village, and there is a big celebration with all of them in the
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There are some notable buildings in La Figuera, but there is not any doubt about saying that the most important in there is the surroundings, the wonderful landscapes that can be watched from its balconies, and some other peculiar zones that make the village nice to visit.
We have to mention the "Roca Foradada", the caves of "en Vasques", "Tres Alls", and the "Mas d'en Nenet". They are natural caves made in the rocks, and some of them are very big. The streets of the village are very narrow and sloped. La Figuera conserves
the typical atmosphere of the villages of El Priorat. The Parish Church
is dedicated to Sant Martí. |
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- Joan Asens. - Guia del Priorat. - Tarragona: Edicions de la Llibreria de la Rambla, 1981. - La Veu del Priorat, nº 13. - Gener 1992.
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