The municipality of Tivissa, in the district of La Ribera d’Ebre, is 208 square kilometres in size and borders Priorat, Baix Camp and Baix Ebre.There are four towns in the area: La Serra d’Almos, Darmós, Llaberia and Tivissa from which the municipality takes its name.
The municipality has prehistoric, Iberian, Roman and medieval remains, which enable us to understand the history and development of our land.
The name Tivissa is thought to come from an Iberian root word “tivi”, which means mountain or hill and “issa”, a pre-Roman ending that means town.
The earliest sign of human life in the area is the cave paintings in Font Vilella, which are spread among three caves called El Ramat, El Pi and El Cingle.
 The jewel of Tivissa, the magnificent Iberian site at Castellet de Banyoles, which is considered one of the most important in Catalonia, shows the exceptional nature of this town, which was one of the largest and richest towns in the area. Classical authors said it belonged to the Iberian tribe called the Ilercavones. The site, which is located on a triangular raised terrace, became a strategic point for control of the Ebro River, overlooking the Cubeta de Móra basin. The vertical banks of the river valley and the gullies at Banyoles and Molló make it the only way into the peninsula from the east.
Roman remains can be found a kilometre to the west of Tivissa alongside the main road. It is a pottery called l’Aumedina with two complete furnaces, where large numbers of tiles and a vast array of amphorae have been found bearing the inscriptions: TIBISI, LAPT, MEEV I SEX DOMITI. It was an urban area that specialised in manufacturing jars used to transport wine, olive oil and cereals produced in that area to Rome, especially during the first century AD. These jars have been found in various spots around the Roman Empire (Empuries, Gaul, Basel and Pompey, etc.), which gives us an idea of how many were made.
Under Moorish rule and in the medieval period Tivissa became a monumental town, which has always maintained its ancient roots, in which one can view the history of our land from prehistory to the present day. This makes Tivissa a true cradle of cultures where you can also do a wide range of open-air activities, enjoying its extensive countryside.

 Photo realized by Carlos Sieiro del Nido