9. AMPOSTA
ON THE BANKS OF THE EBRO
On the right bank of the river is the town, composed for the most part of the humble homes of peasants, worn by the passage of time.
Wide and impressive, after flowing nine hundred twenty eight kilometers, the most important river in Spain, born from the springs of Fontibre (Santander), issues into the blue waters of “Mare Nostrum”.
Just past the town, the Ebro is more than three hundred meters wide. The land stretches in an unbroken plane for as far as the eye can see. A small hamlet breaks the monotony of the journey, the ribbons of some canals scoring the land.
Amposta is a town of ten thousand inhabitants, and its economy is based on agriculture. It is known ... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
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