Horta Gran<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>L'Horta Gran</strong> de Tarragona is a historic agricultural area of 675 hectares located between the Francolí River, the Via Augusta and the historic centre of the city. Active since Roman times, its agriculture combined cereals, legumes, vegetables and fruit trees, with irrigation derived from the Francolí canals and canals. Initially managed by religious orders and the high nobility, after the confiscations of the 19th century the lands were parcelled out and leased to Tarragona families, maintaining production for self-consumption and urban supply.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The hydraulic system, which includes The Mill Water of Els Molins, the Rec Major and the Protectora mine, is one of its most relevant heritage elements, with medieval origins and possible Roman roots. This system guaranteed sustainable irrigation and integrated agricultural, urban and industrial uses, with management regulated by the Junta de Aguas del Río Francolí and subsequent societies. Despite agricultural regression and modern urban pressure, l'Horta Gran preserves a heritage, ecological and social value, with remains of old farmhouses, dry stone banks, lime kilns and ditches. Agroecological recovery initiatives reinforce its potential as a witness to Tarragona's agricultural history and as a space for heritage routes and peri-urban conservation.</p>https://rutes-content.tarragona.cat/en/horta-granhttps://rutes-content.tarragona.cat/@@site-logo/logo_aj_tgna.png
Horta Gran
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>L'Horta Gran</strong> de Tarragona is a historic agricultural area of 675 hectares located between the Francolí River, the Via Augusta and the historic centre of the city. Active since Roman times, its agriculture combined cereals, legumes, vegetables and fruit trees, with irrigation derived from the Francolí canals and canals. Initially managed by religious orders and the high nobility, after the confiscations of the 19th century the lands were parcelled out and leased to Tarragona families, maintaining production for self-consumption and urban supply.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The hydraulic system, which includes The Mill Water of Els Molins, the Rec Major and the Protectora mine, is one of its most relevant heritage elements, with medieval origins and possible Roman roots. This system guaranteed sustainable irrigation and integrated agricultural, urban and industrial uses, with management regulated by the Junta de Aguas del Río Francolí and subsequent societies. Despite agricultural regression and modern urban pressure, l'Horta Gran preserves a heritage, ecological and social value, with remains of old farmhouses, dry stone banks, lime kilns and ditches. Agroecological recovery initiatives reinforce its potential as a witness to Tarragona's agricultural history and as a space for heritage routes and peri-urban conservation.</p>
