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References to the first inhabitants of Sitges dates back to before the Neolithic period and in more modern times is documented an Iberian settlement on the fourth century C.. In addition, studies find that in the first century Sitges had two small villages around each hill of Point and one to the shrine of Vinyet. Olerdola attached to the Roman, the port served Blanca Subur exchange between the products of Penedes and elsewhere in the Roman Mediterrania.
In the Medieval age rose the castle hill above the Point, where today the town hall (built in 1889) and was first owned by the Cathedral of Barcelona who later traded him to count Geribert Mir (1041 .) In the twelfth century, Sitges was under the control of the family Sitges (adopted the place name of the town as a surname), this family is documented in the year 1116 up to 1308 when Agnes de Sitges sold its rights to Bernat Fonollar castellany was Lord from 1306 to 1326. After the death of his second wife, Blanche d’Abella, Sitges by decision succession passed to Pia Almoina he held until 1814. Fonollar Bernat was a gentleman directly related to the court of King James II of Aragon and his tomb and his wife are the church of San Bartolome and Santa Tecla. The life of the inhabitants of these centuries was organized around the hill was walled Baluard and connected to the rest of the town with a bridge above the current Street. Also known three towers located at different points in the village, were built 1303. Also noteworthy was the palace of the Moorish King of the fourteenth century.
In the eighteenth century BC, many Sitgetans established colonies on the west coast of the Gulf of Cadiz on the occasion of the best fishing conditions of the area and as a solution closer to trade with America. Over time Sitges fishermen contributed, along with other (mainly Canet de Mar Mataro), the foundation of the present Isla Cristina, Catalan words still attest to its vocabulary and Catalan surnames of their descendants (Miravent, Giralt, Cabot, etc.).
The main economic activity of the city was growing and the vineyard, especially ruddy. Also cultivated wheat, vegetable, carob and palm, symbol of the Garraf. Since 1345 when Villafranca del Penedes requested permission to have a port in the town Sitges became the outlet for products outside of Penedes.
During the modern age, University of Sitges (City) toiled to rid the estate of the Almshouse. Sitges 1814, finally broke free and joined the crown despite suffering from the various wars that followed. Economic activity continued to be the peasant, fishing and port activities that grew from eighteenth-century Catalonia obtained permission to trade directly with America. From the late eighteenth century (1779) until the early nineteenth century established a steady trade with the American colonies.
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