Vimbodí i Poblet () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the ''comarca'' of the Conca de Barberà in

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, Spain. The main settlement is the village of Vimbodí. The Prades Mountains are located in the vicinity of this municipality.

Sights

The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a

Cistercian The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...

monastery founded in 1151, and has been a

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since 1991.

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Municipalities in Conca de Barberà {{Tarragona-geo-stub