Step back in time and experience medieval life at Miravet Castle through Els Ulls de la Història 

The new museography at Miravet Castle offers a unique opportunity to connect with our collective past in a vivid and meaningful way. At the foot of the church, a new audiovisual exhibition sets the scene, whilst an immersive virtual reality experience carries you back through the centuries. Visit the castle with our multimedia guide – available for adults and children – and experience medieval society in a way you never thought possible. Come and discover how the small stories of the past speak to us today and help us build a more mindful future.

What's in store at Miravet Castle?

• Explore the new exhibition and discover fresh perspectives on life in a Templar castle.
• Discover the walled citadel and learn how to prepare dishes from a medieval kitchen.
• Travel back in time with the immersive VR experience to see what the surroundings and medieval society were like.
• Gain a deeper understanding of the castle and its surroundings with the multimedia guides for adults and children.

   

Els Ulls de la Història: A new look at Miravet Castle

Step back in time with a first-person journey through Miravet Castle, discovering the lives of those who lived within its walls and the medieval society that sustained it over the centuries.

Traditionally, the castle’s history has centred on the Templar presence and the mythical aura of this order of warrior monks. The new installation sheds fresh light on other voices from medieval society – people who helped maintain the castle but were never part of the Templar order. In the cellar beneath the inner courtyard at Miravet Castle, a VR experience lets you witness the fortress’s moments of splendour and its fall through the eyes of Saïd, a young Muslim boy who works the castle lands with his family. In the church, the daily life of the villages in the Miravet commandery – the territory governed by the Templars – comes alive, and in the refectory, the monks’ communal meals are recreated.

Miravet Castle stands as one of the finest examples of Templar architecture in Europe. Originally a religious and military building of Arab origin, it follows the defensive style of the castles of the Holy Land, with majestic walls rising above the River Ebro.

In 1153, the Christians conquered the castle, and Ramon Berenguer IV entrusted it to Pere de Rovira, Master of the Templars in Hispania and Provence. He rebuilt it and established Miravet as one of the main centres of Christian power on the Iberian Peninsula.