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KNOWING SPAIN.
KNOWING SPAIN. THE TOWN OF CREIXELL (TARRAGONA-CATALUNYA)
Are you interested moving to Spain? Well in this article you can
experience some taste of It.! Creixell belongs to the district
of Tarragones of the province of Tarragona. It covers a
territorial extension of 10, 5 Km2. It is very near from the
Mediterranean coast, and right next to El Masss de Bonastre.
This massif occupies more than half of the surface of the
township which is situated in the north part; and in the east
side is where there is the inhabited centre, in a plane area.
The littoral has no geographic accidents. Within the township,
there are many private residential areas which are very close to
the village. One of the most famous is the "Barri de les
Botigues de Mar", which is next to the beach which is 1.200 mts.
long, far from the inhabited centre.
POPULATION According to the last census carried out by the
Nacional Institute of Statistics, in 2001 there were 2.086
inhabitants. HISTORY The oldest remains that have been found in
GREAT CONTENT AND FISHMost have become convinced the basic ingredient of a great site is practical and useful ..... the village belong to a Roman village from the II and III
centuries. They were built in an area that is known nowadays as
"La Clota", between the national road and the beach. By the
coast of Creixell is been found some pieces of ceramics, lead,
stone and other tools used hundred of years ago. The first
documents talking about Creixell date from the XI century. It
appears a place called "Lloc de les Morisques" which belongs to
the township nowadays. Creixell appears in many documents of
donation and sales, until the Archbishop of Barcelona Ramon de
Castellvell, in 1190, gave a Population permit to the people who
wanted to live in the village of Creixell. In the XVI century,
most of the villages of El Tarragons developed an intense
vitality and activity due to the presence of La Comuna del
Camp. However, there were many attacks from the pirates and
some plagues that affected these villages, such as the Black
Death. Nevertheless, a few years later they experienced a
demographic increase due to the entrance of many French people
in this area. During the "Guerra dels Segadors" the village was
sacked and robbed by the soldiers. It supported the Archiduque
Carlos during the "Guerra de Successi", as many villages of "La
Comuna" did, and contributed to the war with some soldiers and
quantities of money.
During the XVIII century, Creixell became a part of the
"Corregiment de Tarragona", and as in all the villages of the
country, there was a strong demographic and economic decrease.
In 1767, after the Jesuits were expulsed, the jurisdiction of
the village went to the hands of the crown, which sold it to
Salvador de Marc. He and his descendants governed the "Seoro
de Creixell and Roda" until the manor rights were abolished.
During the XIX century, the Carlinas fights divided the village
at the time that it started to recover from the recession until
the philloxera crisis impacted in it.
In the XX century, after the Civil War in 1936, the emigration
was important. In the decade of the sixties, the tourist
phenomena completely changed the life of Creixell, as well as
most of the littoral villages of the Costa Dorada. GASTRONOMY
There is a few typical dishes such as the esmarris, a peculiar
way of eating anchovies and blue fish. All i Pebre is another
dish consisting of fish stew served with their best local wine.
Another very typical dish is el Rossejat which consists of
rice, but toasted. To manage this, they pour the rice on top of
boiling olive oil, letting it toast, and later pouring some
stock. FIESTAS AND TRADITIONS On the 25th of July they celebrate
the minor major fiesta, in honour to Sant Jaume. There is
another major fiesta called Minerva, celebrated on the third
Sunday of September, in honour to the Santisim Sacrament.
ECONOMY The agriculture was the most important activity in
Creixell, until 1960. Since then, this activity has decreased in
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that give higher profits, the farmers grow some vegetables. The
dry lands have almost disappeared, although the carob tree is
still important, which is used as a raw material by many
industries. The activities related with the cattle, fishing and
industry are very infrequent. The tourism has been the basic
activity since 1960. All the necessary equipment for tourists
has been installed, and this has necessarily changed the
structure of the village (campings, apartments, etc).
The tourists who visit Creixell come from the nearest counties
and enjoy the village not only during the Summer but all the
weekends throughout the year.
PLACES TO VISIT 1.The parish church, which was built in the XVI
century, in honour to Sant Jaume. It is a Gothic building, and
it has a belfry that was built around 1771, following the
designs of the architect Jujol. 2. The Castle, from its first
construction in the XI century, it only conserves the "tals".
The building was reconstructed between the XVI and XVII
centuries and modified again in the XIX century. 3. There are
some interesting "Masies within the township, which are typical
Catalan homes. The most famous is "Cal Mercader". It was built
at the beginning of the XVIII century, but after then it had
some reformations done, and is fairly damaged nowadays. Inside
the "Clos de Mas Mercader" there is the Chapel of Santa Teresa
which is well conserved. 4. Another interesting place is the
Hermitage of la Mare de Du de Ftima, which was built in 1952.
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About the author:
My name is Armando Zanolla; the Director of Zar Holiday Villas.
The reason of this series of articles is directed to individuals
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of all the major cities in the Costa Dorada in Spain together
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