The importance of these settlements was surely related to their position on the route through the pass of Coll de Fatxes, leading from the coast of Tarragona to what is now Zaragoza.

The Hans Wende, a Junkers Ju 52/3mte (D-AUJG) of Deutsche Lufthansa, crashed into the Llaberia mountains near Tivissa en route from Toulouse to Casablanca, killing all 7 occupants.

During the 19th century the rector Pere Rius started to plan a larger building, and received the support of the local council and of the president of the First Spanish Republic, Estanislau Figueres, who had connections with Tivissa.

[5] In modern times, the economy is still largely based on agricultural activities, although the steep, marginal land in the hills has progressively gone out of cultivation.

The chief crops are olives, grapes for wine, nuts (hazelnuts, almonds) and soft fruit (peaches, cherries).

Close to the hamlet of Llaberia, the Catalan Institut Nacional de Meteorologia has installed a weather radar.