DISCOVER THE UNIQUE PLACE OF ASCÓ

With the expulsion of about 800 Moriscos by Philip II of Aragon (III of Castile) that occupied 154 houses, the Morisco period would end in Ascó. This zigzag shaped street was ceded to the university by the Knights Hospitaller, who in turn converted it into a dryer for fruit such as figs[...]

The castle of Ascó, located at the highest point of the town It was one of the main Andalusian squares of the Catalan Ebro, with its hisn (castle) it controlled the lands that went up to the Montsant (Margalef). During the Muslim occupation, Ascó was an active town, full of porters, merchants who navigated the river in lutes and farmers[...]

In 1153 Count Ramon Berenguer IV gave the Templars property in Ascó. In 1175 Afonso I pushed the castle of Ascó. In 1182 the monarch gave the Templars the castle, although some rights were reserved and finally, Peter I, in 1210, gave them all the rights he had[...]

Descobreix una de les moreries més grans i representatives de Catalunya Us endinsareu pels carrers de la nostra vila, estrets, tortuosos, amb ziga-zaga, on podreu descobrir aquell passat morisc que fa que el nucli antic sigui encisador. La vila closa, els perxes, les voltes i sitges - antics graners musulmans-, els Sequerets, el[...]

It is without a doubt, along with Carrer Sequerets, one of the most typical streets of Ascó. This balcony over the Ebro follows the ancient layout of the walls of Ascó. In Carrer de la Mola, the houses leave free the corridor of walls destroyed by the bombings from the other side of the river during the Civil War of 1936-1939. Today in[...]

THE ORIGINS In the 8th century, the Visigoths occupied all of the Iberian Peninsula under a sole kingdom with its capital in Toledo. They took advantage of the roman organization and institutions and adopted plenty of their customs and traditions. In Ascó, they probably settled at the top of the castle terrace, using the existent Iberian-Roman settlement.[...]