Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Tarragona
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- Provincial capital and archiepiscopal see
Capital of the province and archiepiscopal see, a fortress town from the War of the Reapers until the middle of the 19th century. It suffered sieges in 1641 and 1644, the War of the Spanish Succession and, in 1811, assault by the French army. In 1786 it was allowed to trade freely with America, and the archbishops of the 16th century gave it a Literary University and paid for chapels in the cathedral.
What to see today
- Catedral de Tarragona (Santa Tecla) (Catedral de Santa Tecla): Cathedral, 1560 to 1777