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THE ORIGINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 organisation and institutions and adopted plenty of their customs and traditions. In Asc\u00f3, they probably settled at the top of the castle terrace, using the existent Iberian-Roman settlement.<\/p>\n

Around the year 714, with a large section of the Peninsula under Saracen control, the Muslims, commanded by the caudillos Musa and T\u00e0ric, descended down the Ebro valley. They passed by Zaragoza, Huesca, L\u00e9rida and Tarragona to the Ribera d\u2019Ebre and Tortosa. Since then, the village was known as Hisn \u2013 Adkun <\/em>, a place name that led to the present Asc\u00f3.<\/p>\n

In Asc\u00f3 and in the whole Ribera d\u2019Ebre there is a saying \u201cthe Moor Mussa is coming\u2026\u201d to scare the children.<\/em>
\nIn the Priorat region it is traditionally explained that the moors travelled along the Ebro through el Pas d\u2019Asc\u00f3 or el Pas de l\u2019Ase.<\/em><\/p>\n

ASC\u00d3, A COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND MILITARY CENTRE IN THE CATALAN EBRO<\/strong><\/h4>\n

During the Muslim period, Asc\u00f3 became a big commercial, agricultural and military centre in the Catalan Ebro thanks to its strategic location. Asc\u00f3 ruled over a vast territory and had a castle, a mosque, an aljama, Arabic baths, a hospital, a mass grave, a market, some silos, an oil mill, a space for horse racing, a dovecote, a barge and a fluvial flour mill.<\/p>\n

The village was presided over by the castle and surrounded by walls formed by the exterior faces of the outer village buildings. The walls were connected by gates, some of them flanked by defence towers. The activity around the village was really important, with lla\u00fcts navigating the Ebro, muleteers waiting to cross the river by barge, farmers working the fields or the potters on the river bank. The Muslims developed the building of fluvial vessels and it is believed that they perfected fluvial transportation with the lla\u00fcts and the barge and also the irrigation systems.<\/p>\n

THE RURAL DISTRICT OF ASC\u00d3<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Asc\u00f3 castle answered to the Wali of Siurana and constituted a vast rural district that reached Margalef, on the northern slope of the Montsant. The hisn (castle) of Asc\u00f3 (Adk\u00fam) led up to a small rural district (juz\u2019, igl\u00edm) made of several hamlets bound to the Wali (Vinebre (Ibn \u00c1bir), Torre de l\u2019Espanyol (Turris d\u2019Albo\u00e7alaz), Palma d\u2019Ebre, la Bisbal, Cabac\u00e9s, Margalef). The hamlets from la Bisbal (Mon Sacer) and Margalef (marg Hal\u00e4f) where ruled by a representative of the caudillo in Asc\u00f3, who resided in Amilkarbesir \u2013 Avincabassaer<\/em>, the present Cabac\u00e9s. The rural district in Asc\u00f3 was bound to the Wali and later on to the taifa of Siurana and was delimited as an area within an even larger one commanded by the city-territory of Tortosa. The fortifications of Miravet, M\u00f3ra d\u2019Ebre, Garcia, Asc\u00f3 and Flix had direct visual communication between them and possibly with the Wali of Siurana by means of the Asco district.<\/p>\n

GETTING INTO THE SARACEN PAST OF ASC\u00d3<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Walking in Asc\u00f3 means traveling to a Moorish past thanks to the aspect of its old town, which still preserves the urban Andalusian outline. The Moreria of Asc\u00f3 stands out for its size and architectural importance. The darkness of the streets, the houses narrowing with height, the baixungues (the descents, sloping streets) narrow and pitched, houses with walls and porches will surprise you in every corner and make the visitor travel in time.\n\nThe Andalusian occupation of Asc\u00f3 left behind a very rich legacy that can still be discovered by strolling down the streets or by means of local culture and traditions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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