Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Tortosa

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Episcopal see of the Lower Ebro

Capital of the Lower Ebro and an episcopal see. In the 16th century it was the fifth city of Catalonia by population and saw the Renaissance Reales Colegios raised. Philip V's troops took it in July 1708 and the French occupied it from January 1811 to May 1814.

What to see today

Reales Colegios de Tortosa (Reials Col·legis) (Reales Colegios): University, 1564 to 1585
Catedral de Santa María de Tortosa (Catedral de Santa María): Cathedral, 1597 to 1757

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