De Salses a Guardamar i de Fraga a l’Alguer: les comarques de parla catalana una a una. 34/88: la Conca de Barberà (Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia).
Conca de Barberà is a shire in the north of the Camp de Tarragona area of Catalonia.
This district has an important Medieval heritage, including the famous abbey of Poblet, which was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and the district’s capital city Montblanc. According to the legend, it was in Montblanc where Saint George (Sant Jordi) killed the dragon to save the princess and town.
Conca de Barberà is also its own denomination of origin for wine. It’s also home to the the wine cooperative considered the oldest in the Iberian Peninsula, founded in the Poblet abbey in the 12th century, where Cistercian monks and Templar knights worked the fields and cellars. Wine cooperatives are still very important nowadays, and in the early 20th century built some impressive buildings. Another well-known food is carquinyolis, a hard biscuit made with almonds.
Photos from Parcs i pobles de Catalunya, Rondaller, lavalldelcorb, eugenia_arnavat, turismeconca, Civitatis, Michelin travel.