Roquetes (Catalan pronunciation: [roˈketes]) is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

In 1441, there was a significant loss of crops due to lack of rain, this factor contributed to the expansion of the dam to facilitate the construction of drainages and canals.

In 1920, the head of the observatory was replaced by father Luis Rhodes, during this period important improvements were made to the premises, especially in the seismological sector.

With the dissolution of the Society of Jesus, the Board of Trustees of the Observatory became dependent on the diocese of Tortosa, which influenced the organization, activities of the center and the suppression of state aid.

During his tenure as director, the observatory expanded the scope of its science by improving equipment and adapting it to current needs.

On October 3, 1970, the patronage was transferred to Father Josep Oriol Cardus, and the observatory was divided into five departments: Heliophysics, Ionosphere, Geomagnetism, Meteorology and Seismology.

In 1912, the Jesuits founded a second apostolic school in the province of Zaragoza, attended by students from Aragon and Catalonia.

The market began to operate under the supervision of a tenant, a man to whom the city council rented out a service annually for a set amount, who cleaned the inside and outside of the building.

It is currently the administrative headquarters of the Parque Natural del Ports and the Park's Visitor Center at Baix Ebre.

Fruit trees (especially orange and tangerine), vegetables and rice are grown around the canal de la Dreta del Ebro.

In Roquetes, the role of teacher and politician Marcel Domingo, then Minister of Public Education, was decisive for the approval of the school's construction.

Among the first remarkable and important actions of the association was the creation of a music school by teachers Joan Cid, Frederic Zaragoza and Mossen Josep Mirawals.

In the latter, since 1918, there is a stage painting, which presents, among other things, traditional works such as Don Juan Tenorio or La Barraca de San Antonio.

The building was run by the city council, and the theater was leased to film entrepreneurs under the name Cine Alcázar.

The Feast of St. Anthony begins with Mass, followed by the blessing of the animals and a procession through the village of Roquetes on horseback and mules.

Today, Mass celebrations, horse parades and animal blessings continue on the Roquetes-Jesus road.

In Roquetes, the main holidays are celebrated in the first week of July - the feast of Sant Gregori d'Estia, the patron saint of the city.

The nickname Canalero received from his maternal grandfather, he once supervised work on the Dretat de l'Ebre canal.

The composition includes: flour, sugar, mistela, butter, milk, eggs, lime, almonds and anise.

Lo Canalero sang it like this: "-When people eat "these" pastas are so well cooked many will ask in which village they are made and who knows will answer they are Punyetes de Roquetes.

The pilasters, topped with a round, circular dot in the middle, are repeated around the perimeter of the building and protrude from the cornice.

After many years of neglect and restoration, today it functions as the Visitor Center and Administrative Headquarters of the Del Ports Natural Park.

The first mention of the geographical name dates back to 1860, in the nomenclature of the province of Tarragona, a group of 48 famous houses called "Casas de Cristo" is included as a suburb of Roquetes.

The origin of the suburb, as well as the name, can be found in buildings built between 1843 and 1855 by Felip Merce and Balaguer, master of the fortification construction in Tortosa.

In 1855, Ignasi Chavalera, a lawyer from the town of Alcanar, began selling a six or seven day estate belonging to his wife and daughter-in-law.

A special feature of this initiative was that it is the first area in which the Roquetes City Council exercises its urban planning powers.