Barberà de la Conca

Barberà de la Conca (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾβəˈɾa ðə lə ˈkoŋkɛ]) is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

It was first mentioned in 945 with the name of Campo Barberano in a document outlining the donation of the San Pedro church to the Santa Cecilia de Montserrat monastery.

At the beginning of the eleventh century the place was uninhabited, it was recovered thanks to Ramón Berenguer I donating it to Arnau Pere de Ponts, called the Puig of Barbará.

In 1307 the Templars were imprisoned by order of veguer of Montblanc and the property remained under administration royal until in 1307 when they were taken over by the Knights Hospitallers who retained the lordship until the end of the Old Regime.

For over thirty years, the area was ruled by Guillem de Guimerà, a friar who expanded considerably the territory held under the order.

The Santa María Church.