#tortosa

[unteriors]

Carrer del Bou, Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia.

[useless-catalanfacts]

Pastissets 😋 little pastries typical from the South of Catalonia and the North of the Valencian Country. The most common fillings are cottage cheese, pumpkin jam in syrup, chocolate, and jams.

Photos by inesdedomingojuan and manuelbarreroguerrero.

[niurd]

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[wgm-beautiful-world]

Puerta frontal de la Casa Sabaté en Tortosa, Tarragona, ESPAÑA

[dutchjan]

March 25, 2024

[welele]

¿30 minutos? Menudo héroe.

[wrestlingisbest]

[church-history]

Order of The Hatchet

The city of Tortosa, in northeastern Spain, was held by Islamic Moors until the Second Crusade. In 1148, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona led his forces to wrest control of the city. The crusading armies then moved on to attack other places. This left the city open to counter-attack, but in 1149 Moorish armies found the city well-defended, for the ladies of the town donned men's clothing and fought with whatever weapon was closest to hand, including hatchets. Berenguer was so impressed with the spirited defense that he created the Order of the Hatchet and bestowed it upon the women soldiers, This was not a military order, but it was one of the few female honorific orders.

Those in the Order were exempt from all taxes, and received precedence ahead of men in the public assemblies of the town. Furthermore, it was granted "that all the Apparel and Jewels, though of never so great value, left by their dead Husbands, should be their own."