Editing Valderrobres

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'''Valderrobres''' ({{IPA|es|baldeˈroβɾes|lang}}) or '''Vall-de-roures''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈbaʎ de ˈrowɾes|label=Western Calatan:}}) is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] and the major town of the ''[[Comarcas of Spain|comarca]]'' of [[Matarraña]] in the [[province of Teruel]], [[Aragon]] ([[Spain]]). It is located in view of the landscape of the northwestern foothills of the [[Ports de Tortosa-Beseit]], by the [[Matarranya River]], a tributary to the right of the [[Ebro]]. Valderrobres is part of the [[Taula del Sénia]] free association of municipalities.

The town has a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church of Santa Maria, a Gothic castle<ref name=VALDERROBRESPASOAPASO>{{in lang|es}} Carmelo López Esteruelas, Manuel Siurana Roglan: ''Valderrobres paso a paso''. Ayuntamiento de Valderrobres, 2005. {{ISBN|84-606-3763-8}}.</ref> and a [[Renaissance]] townhall building. The soprano [[Elvira de Hidalgo]] was born in Valderrobres in 1891.

This town and the surrounding ''comarca'' are considered a part of [[La Franja]] and the local dialect is a [[Catalan dialects|western variant]] of [[Catalan language|Catalan]] close to [[Valencian language|Valencian]]. The name of the town means "Valley of the [[Oak]]s", referred to the presence of [[Quercus faginea|Portuguese oak]] (''roure'' or ''robre'' in local Catalan). However, the main trees in the forests of this town are the [[Pinus halepensis|Aleppo pine]] and the [[Pinus nigra|black pine]], followed by the [[Quercus ilex|Evergreen oak]].<ref name=VALDERROBRESPASOAPASO/>

==Photo gallery==
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File:Río Matarraña en Valderrobres.jpg|The Matarranya river flowing through the town
File:Valderrobres, Matarraña.jpg| 
File:Valderrobres desde su Castillo.jpg| 
File:Valderrobres - Panorámica.jpg|
File:Valderrobres castillo y puente.jpg| 
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Ports de Tortosa-Beseit]]
* [[List of municipalities in Teruel]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.valderrobres.es/ Official website of Valderrobres]
{{Municipalities in Teruel}}

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