Hi, my name is Belén VielbaI ’m 13 years old.I live in La Riba.My f avourite soport is f ootball andswimming.I study in the I .E.S Fonts del Glorieta.

Hi, my name is J ordi Maronda.I ’m 13 years old.I live in La Riba.My f avourite soport is f ootball andrally.I study in the I .E.S Fonts del Glorieta.

Country: Spain Com.Autonomous: Catalonia Province: TarragonaShire: Alt Camp Altitude: 263 meters Area: 8 km ² Population: 710 inhabitants. ZIP code: 43450

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Shield of La Riba

Found remains Paleolithic. The letter of thepopulation in the year 1155 and was given by RamonBerneguer f or the Count of Barcelona.The most ancient of the term have been in the caveof Grallers and the Cartanyà and correspond to thePaleolithic and Neolithic period. With the departureof Cansaladeta in recent archaeological excavationshave been located remains an approximate age of200,000 years. I n a letter settlement given byRamon Berenguer I V in 1155, is called the Strait ofRiba with the name Troc d'Sausages, and in 1159,the Count of Barcelona makes donation of a millunder the collar of Cots. The testament of AlcarràsGuillem, dated 1176, speaks of the existence of apossession, probably a castle, the Riba.

Previously, he had quite a few mills that took advantage waters of the tworivers running through their territory. From many years the main activity isbased on is the paper industry.is a popular place for mountaineers and climbers.

The industrial momentum is beginning during the eighteenth century,following the installation of the fi rst modern paper mills.

The mountains and the sources are the main attractions for tourists.The most famous mountain climbers for major i i mountaineers are the “Penya-Roja and Puig de Marc”

“ La torre del Petrol o de Puig Cabré” dating f rom the nineteenth centuryand was a military observation point, declared a World Cultural I nterestwithin the military record of the historical 1989.

From their mountain top is at the Marc Puig (724 m).

The church, located in the heart, and dedicated to Sant Nicolau wasbuilt between the years 1764 and 1770.

Priest: J osep M. Gavaldà i el Sr. Pere J oan Figueres Roca.

I n recent years the church has been restored with the help of several localentities.

Length: 18 kmBorn altitude: 1,000 m Average flow 0.5 m³ / sArea: 69 km²Birth: CapafontsMouth: Al Francolí river in La Riba

The Brugent is a tributary of the right margin of Francolí. Born in theMountains of Prades. I ts waters were very well utilized for grain mills andpaper mills.