Gandesa (, ) is the capital of the comarca of Terra Alta, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Tarragona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia.

* May – Battle of Uclés: The Almoravids decisively defeat the Kingdom of Castile and roll back the advances of Reconquista ; several towns recently captured by Christians are lost to the conquering Berbers such as Tarragona.

That its regular winter quarters, under later emperors, were at León, we learn from the Itinerary, Ptolemy, and the Notitiae Imperii, as well as from a few inscriptions ; but there are numerous inscriptions to prove that a strong detachment of it was stationed at Tarraco ( modern Tarragona ), the chief city of the province.

It is generally stated that the most ancient decretal is the letter of Pope Saint Siricius ( 384-398 ) to Himerius, Bishop of Tarragona in Spain, dating from 385 ; but it would seem that the document of the fourth century known as " Canones Romanorum ad Gallos episcopos " is simply an epistola decretalis of his predecessor, Pope Damasus ( 366-384 ), addressed to the bishops of Gaul ( Babut, La plus ancienne décrétale, Paris, 1904 ).

Spanish architect and artist, born in Tarragona in 1952 and raised in Andalucia ; Chabrera, like Pollock, manages to make the very gesture of painting the subject matter of the piece.

In early times Lucena was inhabited almost exclusively by Jews who had arrived together with its founders ; hence it was called " Jews ' City ", a nickname also applied to Granada and Tarragona.

Unfortunately at this point the Gothic auxiliaries betrayed him in some unspecified manner, which led to his defeat ; Castinus was forced to fall back to Tarraco ( Tarragona ).

* November 6 – The Council of Tarragona ( modern Spain ) is held.

The real founding date of Tarragona is unknown.

The city may have begun as an Iberic town called Kesse or Kosse, named for the Iberic tribe of the region, the Cosetans, though the identification of Tarragona with Kesse is not certain.

The city is also home to the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona.

Tarragona is home to a large port and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Tarragona is located near the holiday resort of Salou and the theme park PortAventura, one of the largest in Europe.

Reus is the second city of Tarragona area ( 101, 767 inhabitants in 2006 ), known by its commercial activity and for being the place where the architect Gaudí was born.

Tarragona is twinned with:

Amposta is the capital of the comarca of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia.

Amposta is the capital of the comarca of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, one hundred km south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Coast.

, Ṭurṭūšah ) is the capital of the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

Reus () is the capital of the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

The bishopric is a suffragan of the archbishopric of Tarragona, bounded on the north by Girona, on the east by Girona and Barcelona, on the south by Barcelona and Tarragona, on the west by Tarragona and Lleida.

None, however, is mentioned by name until 516 when Cinidius is named as assisting at the provincial Council of Tarragona and Girona.

It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia to the south, Teruel to the west, Tarragona to the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east.

The province's population is 888, 895 ( 2008 ), of whom about one-fifth live in the capital Tarragona.

It is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the countries of France and Andorra.

It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea.

The province of Zaragoza is bordered by the provinces of Lleida, Tarragona, Teruel, Guadalajara, Soria, La Rioja, Navarre, and Huesca.

Honorius also wished to promote the ongoing struggle against the Moors in Spain, and to that end he bestowed the city of Tarragona, which had been recently captured off the Moors, to Robert d ' Aguiló.

* Bloc Tarragona 2016, about the city

The C-58 and C-16 also link the city with ( Manresa ), ( Girona, France ), and ( Tarragona ).

The tradition of building castells originated in Valls, near the city of Tarragona, in the southern part of Catalonia towards the end of the 18th century.

Two motorways run beside the city: the C-58 ( from Barcelona to Manresa ) and the AP-7 ( from France and Girona to Tarragona, Valencia and Andalusia ), and some roads link Sabadell with nearby cities and towns: Terrassa, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Castellar del Vallès, Granollers, Barberà del Vallès, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Rubí, Sentmenat and Molins de Rei.

The city, along with the rest of the region around Tarragona, has enjoyed very rapid development over the last two decades.

According to Catalan legend, Japheth's son Tubal is said to have sailed from Jaffa with his family and arrived at the Francolí river of Spain in 2157 BC, where he founded a city named after his son Tarraho, now Tarragona.

In 1149 Robert granted a charter to the city of Tarragona, and appointed one Guillem ( William ) as lord of the city, but Guillem was forced to resign in 1157.

Santa Tecla is the patron saint of Tarragona, Spain, where her feast day is the major fiesta of the city and the cathedral is dedicated to her.

The principal remains of the Roman city preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona | Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona ( MNAT ).

Tarraco is the ancient name of the current city of Tarragona ( Catalonia, Spain ).

Other constructions dating from Roman times considered to be cyclopean may be found, for instance, in Tarragona, in a large section of the Roman city walls.

* Costa Daurada, a 216 kilometers long coastline located on the coast of Tarragona at Catalonia, Spain

El Vendrell is a town located in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, in a wine-growing region.

Riudoms is a town in the comarca of Baix Camp, province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain, located about five kilometers from the regional capital Reus.

Bot is a town located in the comarca of Terra Alta, province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

Dragon Khan is a steel sit-down roller coaster located in the PortAventura theme park in Salou ( Tarragona ), Catalonia, Spain.