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This text offers for the first time a critical and comprehensive study of the Necropolis Museum of Tarragona, which was inaugurated in 1930 by the renowned archaeologist Serra i Vilaró. It starts with a detailed description of the museum and its history with many unpublished old photographs and many little-known archive documents. The broader framework of Catalan archaeological and diocesan museums is then analysed in order to understand the context in which the museum of Tarragona was set. The third section of the text analyses the Mediterranean context and all the contemporary museums from which Serra took inspiration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El presente artículo tiene por objeto describir los inicios y evolución de la hospitalización de personal castrense en Tarragona. Los orígenes se remontan a 1713, cuando las tropas borbónicas ocuparon el hospital civil de la ciudad tarraconense para dar atención a sus enfermos y heridos de guerra. Ello obligó a los administradores del mencionado hospital civil a buscar y alquilar un nuevo edificio para albergar a los enfermos pobres de Tarragona. Esta situación se perpetuó hasta 1750, cuando el rey Fernando VI acordó que el edificio hospitalario –ocupado a finales de la Guerra de Sucesión española– combinase las funciones de hospital civil y militar. A partir de entonces y hasta 1931, solo una parte del hospital civil de Tarragona se dedicó para la atención de militares, siendo el Ejército el encargado de sufragar los costos derivados de la estancia de sus tropas.

La historia del trabajo de carga y descarga en el Puerto de Tarragona nos ofrece una buena oportunidad para entender mejor los impactos de los cambios institucionales y tecnológicos en la construcción de un mercado laboral capitalista. Empieza a mediados del dieciocho con la historia del Gremio de Mareantes de Tarragona, el cual se reconstituyó en 1873 bajo el nombre de Sociedad Marítima y Protectora, pero sin alterar sus operaciones sustancialmente hasta finales del diecinueve, cuando se convirtió en una sociedad de socorros mutuos. Seguimos la trayectoria con la transformación del mercado laboral y las luchas sindicales hasta la Guerra Civil.

Este breve artículo da cuenta del descubrimiento de cinco sínodos medievales de la diócesis de Tarragona hasta ahora desconocidos. El hallazgo se produjo con motivo de los trabajos de investigación llevados a cabo para la elaboración del que será el vol. XV del Synodicon hispanum, obra que pretende la edición crítica de los sínodos de la Península Ibérica, celebrados entre el IV Concilio de Letrán 1215 y el Concilio de Trento 1563. Se expone el proceso que llevó a su descubrimiento, así como la repercusión y significado del mismo. Con este hallazgo el número de sínodos conocidos de la diócesis de Tarragona se incrementa de 11 a 16.

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The study analyzes the discourse on local identity developed by festival organizers in a heritage city with emerging tourism development (Tarragona, Spain). Drawing on the concept of spatiality and spatial empowerment, and through data obtained from in-depth interviews with local festival organizers, an analysis about the role of spatiality in festivals is carried out. The main result shows the existence of different spatial strategies employed in festivals, which support different local identities patterns. We demonstrate this through the way festivals renegotiate local identity using an spatiality approach, and a selective location process of the festival spaces. A two-dimension typology of festivals in heritage cities is proposed in order to synthesize the diversity of identity narratives identified, resulting in four types of festivals. Finally, the article addresses various implications surrounding the dimension of spatial empowerment, both theoretical and practical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Este artículo analiza la lista episcopal de época tardoantigua de la sede de Tarragona contenida en el Ms. 2610 de la Biblioteca Universitaria de Salamanca. Para ello, se contrasta la evidencia de los obispos citados con otras fuentes literarias y epigráficas en una búsqueda por conocer de manera precisa y científica los ocupantes de la silla episcopal tarraconense previos a la llegada de los musulmanes a la península ibérica. Finalmente, se formula una renovada nomina de los obispos de Tarragona en época romana y visigoda elaborada mediante la conjunción de los datos recogidos en este manuscrito y las informaciones suministradas por otras fuentes.

The Folklore Archive at the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) is a university archive. The materials it stores are products of the fieldwork conducted by students on the Catalan Studies programme and the work done by professors researching into folk literature. From the year of its creation to the present, the Archive has adapted to the needs of the society of which it is a part. The present article discusses two issues. First, it explains how the results from our university research are transferred from the Archive to society (web, specialized digital resources, social networks, etc.). And second, it describes a specific activity entitled La ciutat a cau d'orella (The whispering city), which focuses on legends and involves several entities in Tarragona (city hall, public library, schools, youth organizations, writing workshops, etc.). This activity can be regarded as a way of developing mutual relations between the academic world and the general public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Verona Orational, copied in Tarragona in the early eighth century, contains processional rubrics hinting at liturgical movement between churches on Carnes Tollendas Sunday at the beginning of Lent. The rubrics mention three places: Holy Jerusalem, Saint Fructuosus's and Saint Peter's. This essay examines the processional rubrics in tandem with the urban architecture of Visigothic Tarragona to place these processions as nearly as possible in their topographical context. We also consider the likely character of the chants sung during the processions, drawing both on the Verona Orational texts and the processional chants for Carnes Tollendas Sunday preserved in later manuscripts. This unique sonic and spatial experience signalled the beginning of Lent to the entire city, Christianizing the urban space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El artículo estudia el papel de la Diputación de Tarragona (1822-1823) en la articulación del sistema liberal durante el Trienio Liberal (1820-1823) y su impacto en la provincia de Tarragona. Primeramente, se trata el proceso de articulación de las provincias y diputaciones para después centrarse en el establecimiento de la Diputación, sus miembros y principales tareas. La consulta de documentación inédita ha permitido identificar expedientes relacionados con la actividad de dicha institución, así como escritos de carácter político en defensa del sistema constitucional. De entre todas las actuaciones estudiadas, cabría destacar la creación de una intendencia de Hacienda provincial por parte de la Diputación, vulnerando las directrices de las Cortes, que contemplaban el establecimiento de una única intendencia para toda Catalunya con sede en Barcelona. Con esta medida la Diputación consiguió retener parte de los tributos recaudados y costear la Milicia Móvil, un cuerpo que contribuyó notablemente en la lucha contra las partidas realistas que se alzaron a lo largo y ancho de la provincia.

A inicios de la primavera de 1481, Isabel la Católica partió de Valladolid para emprender un viaje hacia los territorios de la Corona de Aragón, en cuyas ciudades y villas fue recibida y honrada en sus primeras entradas como reina consorte. El presente artículo se centra fundamentalmente en la descripción y el análisis de las ceremonias ofrecidas por las ciudades de Barcelona y Tarragona, aportando nuevos documentos y perspectivas con objeto de ampliar el conocimiento de este tipo de fiestas en el ocaso de la Edad Media.

Following the implementation of the petrochemical industry, the population of Camp de Tarragona began living with a chemical risk, and after two consecutive years of chemical-related accidents with fatalities (in 2019 in the firm Carburos Metálicos, and in 2020 in the firm IQOXE), it is necessary to know the population's perception of this activity. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the population's risk perception regarding the petrochemical industry, by applying a Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS). To this end, the risk perception data obtained from the PPGIS were correlated with the sociodemographic data from the surveys; an analysis was made of the perceived risks associated with this activity and what its possible effect would be on a territorial level, always from the point of view of the surveyed public. The results showed that the population clearly identifies on the map what the main sources of chemical risk are and which places would be affected by a possible explosion. In addition, it was verified that certain sociodemographic characteristics, such as gender or age, affect people's perception of the risk, and that the weather conditions and anomalous situations within the industry also influence people's perception, indicating high values of danger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Se analiza el contexto político y la documentación urbana de la Representació de l’Assumpció de Madona Sancta Maria, primera pieza escénica íntegra que nos ha pervivido en lengua catalana y una de las primeras de Europa de argumento asuncionista. El espectáculo se hizo en septiembre de 1388 en la Plaza del Corral de Tarragona, tras la autorización del rey, y al parecer organizado por una cofradía vinculada a los franciscanos, en presencia del fraile más célebre de la orden: Francesc Eiximenis. El texto de 675 versos se conserva en el manuscrito 60 del Archivo Histórico Archidiocesano de Tarragona, y su interpretación mayormente cantada se anota al son de himnos litúrgicos y canciones profanas.

The black stem borer Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is a species native to Eastern Asia that has invaded 24 countries worldwide, including 21 European countries, the USA, Canada and New Zealand. On the Iberian Peninsula it was recorded for the first time in traps placed in the Basque Country (Northern Spain) in 2003, but its host plants were unknown. In the present work, three populations of X. germanus are recorded in the east of Spain in Girona, Tarragona and Valencia provinces (Automomous Community of Catalonia, and Valencia, respectively). Specimens were collected in traps and on host plants, showing a wider distribution range now including the east and north‐east of the Iberian Peninsula. Infested carob trees (Ceratonia siliqua) were found in agricultural and urban green areas in Tarragona. Ceratonia siliqua is therefore reported here as a new host of X. germanus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Council of Tarragona has acquired an unpublished map of the city showing fortifications proposed by the occupying Napoleonic Army during the 1808–1814 Peninsular War but never built. Consequently, the map illustrates a little-known moment in the history of Tarragona not addressed by any material in military archives. The proposed reduction of Tarragona would have cut the upper part of the city into two zones, entirely changing the area's topography. The French strategy was to consolidate the whole city in a way that would more effectively reinforce it and reduce its vulnerability to flank attacks. The map presents a unique, urban example of the important role mapping played in Napoleonic military strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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There is consensus regarding the fact that urban green areas contribute to the quality of life of their inhabitants. Therefore, efficient city management must assess whether the population has access to green areas and the areas' quality in relation to, for example, vegetation, facilities or furnishings. Therefore, the objective is to establish environmental justice of urban parks in Tarragona (Spain) by developing a Park Quality Index (PQI) and the sociodemographic characteristics (level of studies, Human Development Index -HDI-, home sale and rental prices) of the population living within 300 m of a park. To prepare this, a GIS-integrated Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) was produced. The results show that the green areas have low accessibility and availability and that most parks obtain an average-low PQI, with the best-valued aspect being the vegetation and the worst being the facilities. Regarding the degree of environmental justice, a causal relationship between the PQI and the indicators used emerges. The average value of the home sale prices is the one that shows the greatest correlation. These results can be used together with participatory procedures as a basis for identifying places with greater inequality, and for selecting the more effective actions that enable increasing environmental justice with respect to green areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Os eventos gastronômicos têm se destacado na contemporaneidade e são passíveis de contribuir em vários cenários, quer quando estão relacionados aos aspectos sociais, econômicos ou culturais. Nesse sentido, o propósito deste estudo de caso foi conferir: qual o papel de um evento gastronômico quando se vive um período de crise econômica? Para tanto, o objeto selecionado para este trabalho foi um evento gastronômico criado por chefs de cozinha de Tarragona, uma cidade turística catalã. Com base nesse suporte, foi analisada a dinâmica comunicacional empregada pelos agentes envolvidos no processo de criação e organização desse evento, criado em 2010, que passou a fazer parte do cronograma turístico dessa cidade. Com cunho exploratório e qualitativo, esta pesquisa, desenvolvida em campo, apoiou-se nos princípios da Semiótica e da Análise do Discurso para examinar as narrativas dos agentes entrevistados, assim como os textos virtuais dedicados a divulgar o evento em pauta. Além de destacar o turismo da cidade, este estudo conclui que, em tempos de crise econômica, os eventos gastronômicos são apresentados como um dispositivo para estimular os agentes políticos e os gastronômicos a se unirem, como também criam uma oportunidade para os cidadãos-consumidores desfrutarem de seu tempo de ócio, num período no qual eles são limitados por questões econômicas.

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This paper analyses the impact that the lockdown decreed by the Spanish Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 has had on traffic accidents in Tarragona province (Spain). During the studied period of the lockdown (March 16 - April 26 2020) the number of accidents per day fell by 74,3% in coparison with those in February 14-20 (reference week) and 76% in respect to the equivalent period in 2018-2019. This reduction of accidents has been higher than the decrease of mobility during the same reference period (62.9%). This suggests a multiplicative positive effect of traffic reduction on roads safety. Our findings provide new evidences of the disruptive effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation and of how it could be used as a catalyst to promote more sustainable and secure transport systems.

There is consensus regarding the fact that urban green areas contribute to the quality of life of their inhabitants. Therefore, efficient city management must assess whether the population has access to green areas and the areas’ quality in relation to, for example, vegetation, facilities or furnishings. Therefore, the objective is to establish environmental justice of urban parks in Tarragona (Spain) by developing a Park Quality Index (PQI) and the sociodemographic characteristics (level of studies, Human Development Index –HDI–, home sale and rental prices) of the population living within 300 m of a park. To prepare this, a GIS-integrated Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) was produced. The results show that the green areas have low accessibility and availability and that most parks obtain an average-low PQI, with the best-valued aspect being the vegetation and the worst being the facilities. Regarding the degree of environmental justice, a causal relationship between the PQI and the indicators used emerges. The average value of the home sale prices is the one that shows the greatest correlation. These results can be used together with participatory procedures as a basis for identifying places with greater inequality, and for selecting the more effective actions that enable increasing environmental justice with respect to green areas.