2. INDEX
• BRIEF HISTORY OF ALCOVER
• LOCATION
• SITES
• ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
• CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
• OUR INSTITUTE
3. Alcover is a rural village where we can distinguish an old part and a new part in its urban structure. It belongs
to the region of Alt Camp, at the botom of the serra de Mussara and avant Mediterranean coast of Tarragona.
It is crossed by the river Glorieta is 243 meters above the sea is a place of high natural value.
The village has many traditional festivals, such as fair robbers carried out in October and is part of the cultural
heritage of the town.
5. NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
There are well-known sites
such as Port Aventura,
Prades, beaches of Salou and
Tarragona, Tarraco, etc. We
also have close (1 hour)
Barcelona, a city well known
worldwide for cultural
monuments such as the
Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell
and FC Barcelona team.
6. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Alcover is a traditional rural village but
currently comprises some industries
employing the population. It also has
close industrial estate benchmark
Catalan and Spanish as the Tarragona
petrochemical complex, highlighted by
the chemical industry. At local level, the
Cator, the Ponderosa, Alcover Chemical
factory beer or Rosita are outstanding.
7. THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
• The clima:
• The maximum temperature of any year
is about 25 degrees and the minimum
is seven degrees.
• Vegetation:
• trees and pines common here in
Alcover, pine, holm, oak
8. HIGHSCHOOL
• The institute of this town was made in 1999-2000. Initially it had 130 students and 14
teachers, but currently, has 300 students and 29 teachers. In each level there are two class
groups with approximately 28 students per classroom. http://iesalcover.com/ visit our website
or follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/fontsdelglorieta/
• The institute has achieved over 32 years awards and honors in recognition of his
educational work. Not all students are the same people there are some who come from the
Shore, from Milan, Valls, etc.
• Our institute has conducted numerous exchanges and Comenius and Erasmus programs
you see on the web http://alcovertravelsto4.blogspot.com.es
9. THE END
• André Felipe Moreira
• Josep Ramon Borràs
• Hugo Santiago Ruiz
