Fatges or Fatxes is a

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located in the

Baix Camp Baix Camp () is a comarca of Catalonia. It is one of the three comarques into which Camp de Tarragona was divided in the comarcal division of 1936. Baix Camp is located on the coast, between Tarragonès to the northeast and Baix Ebre to the south ...

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. It is located 4,5 km to the northeast of Vandellòs town, surrounded by the Tivissa-Vandellós Mountains, within the

Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Camp in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the south-west of the ''comarca'', between the Serra de Llaberia range and the coast. The town of Vandellòs ...

municipality limits.

History and description

The village was abandoned in the middle of the 20th century. Local legend says that people left in a hurry after certain

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s were committed in the place. Since the true facts are clouded in mystery, people of the area consider Fatges an accursed place that should be avoided.Muntanyes de Tivissa-Vandellòs
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ese-sponsored project rebuilt some village houses that were in ruins. Presently, though, only one of the houses is in good condition, the remaining buildings are in different states of decay and ruin.

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La restauració de masies de Fatxes, premiada al Japó
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