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    The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is located between Vimbodí and l’Espluga de Francolí in Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1150 by Cistercian monks from France, it is built on lands conquered from the Saracens. The monastery was established when King Ramon Berenguer IV donated the land to the monks. Though it fell into decline in the 18th century, the monastery is now one of the most important monastic centers in Europe. The Conca de Barberà region is located in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia. Surrounded by river valleys and low mountains, it has been an important route since Roman times

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    The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is located between Vimbodí and l’Espluga de Francolí in Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1150 by Cistercian monks from France, it is built on lands conquered from the Saracens. The monastery was established when King Ramon Berenguer IV donated the land to the monks. Though it fell into decline in the 18th century, the monastery is now one of the most important monastic centers in Europe. The Conca de Barberà region is located in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia. Surrounded by river valleys and low mountains, it has been an important route since Roman times

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    The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is located between Vimbodí and l’Espluga de Francolí in Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1150 by Cistercian monks from France, it is built on lands conquered from the Saracens. The monastery was established when King Ramon Berenguer IV donated the land to the monks. Though it fell into decline in the 18th century, the monastery is now one of the most important monastic centers in Europe. The Conca de Barberà region is located in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia. Surrounded by river valleys and low mountains, it has been an important route since Roman times

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    MONESTIR DE POBLET

    The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is located between Vimbod and lEspluga de Francol. It is a monastery of the Cistercian order founded in 1150. Located at the foot of the mountains of Prades, in the region Conca de Barbera, in Catalonia . It was founded by Cistercian monks from France on lands conquered to the Saracens. The monastery is located in Poblet. In the monastery live monks. The monastery was built when the king Ramon Berenguer IV gave the monks lands in La Conca de Barber. In the 18th century the monastery fell into decadence. But nowdays the monastery of Poblet is one of the most important monastic centres in Europe.

    La conca de barber
    Cona de Barber is a region of the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia (Spain). Located within, its area is 650.24 km and includes a total of 22 municipalities. The capital of the region is the village of Montblanc. Conca de Barber is a big hollow surrounded by Francol and Anguera river valleys and low height mountains. It is located in the extreme south west of Catalonia, near the sea. It is a very common path. The Romans crossed it with Via Aurlia, an ancient road. The Arabian and the Visigoths used to go across it and nowadays they are so many ways to go through this area. People from Lleida and Aragn have to cross it to arrive to the Mediterranean Sea. In la Conca de Barber is very important the production of vine and wine. It is a very important region in the geography and the history of Catalonia. It is one of the oldest in the area.

    3) Reading comprehension. *) Where is the monastery located?

    The monastery is located between Vimbod and lEspluga de Francol.


    *) When was it included in the UNESCO World Heritage List? It was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991. *) How far does the history of the monastery go back? The history of the monastery goes back to 1151. *) When where the monks expelled? The monks were expelled in 1835. *) How many monks where there in 1835? In 1835 there were 70 monks I the monastery. *) When did the monks return to the monastery? The monks returned to the monastery in 1940.

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