During the Roman era, Arbeca was a civitas and on top of the Castle hill there was a Roman fortress and defense, the castrum. With the arrival of the barbarians and the Goths, the castrum became a point of surveillance and Goth protection. With the Andalusians it became a powerful Arab bastion and a strategic place of the taifa de Siurana opposite the domains of the Count of Urgell.

The latest research on the origin of the name of Arbeca points to a mixed Roman and Arabic etymology. It refers to the geographical situation as the territory of the beak, house of the hill or tip of the hill. DARBE-CA formed by the Latin BECCA and the Arabic DAR.

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Antonio Jose

February 28, 2023

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Location: Arbeca, Garrigues, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

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