Sant Salvador, des d'Horta / The convent from afar

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Les vistes des d'Horta de Sant Joan son impressionants, en especial cap a llevant, amb els cingles dels Ports de Tortosa. Però entre totes destaca la Muntanya de Santa Bàrbara (751 m.), amb l'antic convent de Sant Salvador d'Horta als seus peus.

De fet el seu nom original fou Mª de Deu dels Àngels, però es coneix actualment com Sant Salvador d'Horta, per l'estada que hi feu aquest religiós, posteriorment santificat.

De tota manera, tot i que el convent franciscà data del 1542, l'església és gòtica, molt anterior, i sembla que era una part important de la comanda templera que dominava el territori d'Horta.

www.monestirs.cat/monst/terra/ta08ange.htm

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_B%C3%A0rbara_(Terra_Alta)

www.monestirs.cat/monst/terra/ta08ange.htm

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The views from Horta de Sant Joan are impressive, especially towards the east, with the Ports de Tortosa cliffs. But among them all, the Muntanya de Santa Bárbara (751 m,) stands out, with the old convent of Sant Salvador d'Horta at its feet.

This convent, established as a franciscan congregation in 1542, was known early on as Mare de Déu dels Àngels, but changed to Sant Salvador d'Horta after this (later) saint lived here for a while. The church is gothic, so it's much older than the convent itself, probably built by the Knights Templar, who ruled this area in the Middle Ages.

It was sacked several times, and abandoned definitively in 1835.

www.monestirs.cat/monst/terra/ta08ange.htm

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Taken on: May 14, 2023

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