Towards the end of the 10th century, the place where Pira is now located was a part of a wide and long strip of deserted land in the eastern borderland of Barcelona County with the Saracen Kingdom. Later, during a period of peace, a small group of people settled down in the area. In the centuries of the Reconquest, Pira and its castle were part and borderline of this fight.

In the month of March of 1067, Count Berenguer Ramon the 2nd donated Pira to Count Emengol d'Urgell, who, the following year entrusted Arnau Pere de Ponts its repopulation and defence. Arnau himself leaded the colonisation, but during a Saracen raid he was death injured. The Saracens condemned the inhabitants to slavery, and also destroyed the buildings in town.

During the spring of 1135, Ramon Berenguer the 4th finally decided to end the Reconquest of the Anguera River area in which Pira was located.

After Arnau died, his niece Bernat Pere the Pontils succeeded him. In March 1129, Bernat died and left Pira in freehold to his son Pere de Puigverd, who did not rule Pira himself and commended this task to his vassal Arnau the Ponç.

In December 1164, Pere was extremely ill and wrote his will in favour of the Monastery of Poblet.

In 1168, Lord Guillem de Montagut ceded the castle of Pira to his son Guerau. In 1176, Arnau de Ponç and his son Pere de Bellvís, vassals of Pere de Puigvert, gave Pira to Poblet.

The Cartulary of Poblet acquaints us that, in 1183, king Alfons confirmed this surrender of property.

In 1133, Count Ermengol d'Urgell the 4th left Pira in his will to the Templers Order and the following year Count Ramon Berenguer the 3rd confirmed this donation.

The confrontations between Pere de Puigvert and Count Ramon Berenguer about the enclave of Pira urged the celebration of a trial in 1157.

In 1187, Guillem de Montfalcó gave the Templers his land and rights over all the water and mills from Pira to Miralpeix. In 1248, Guillem de Monclús sold the village and its castle to the Templers for 3000 morabetins. In 1317, the Order of L'Hospital de Sant Joan got sway over Pira and finally, the Great Prior of Catalunya obtained its total jurisdiction, in 1380.

Around 1830 the census of Pira counted 34 houses or families that went down to 20 in 1497. In 1787, Pira had a population of 426 and got its highest peak in 1860, with 610 inhabitants. In the fifties, the population started to diminish and in 1991 go its lowest point with 312 residents. From that moment the population has positively evolutioned and the last census (1998) counted 392 people living in Pira.

-Day of the Tree (March the 5th).
-Town Festival on Sant Sebastià's Day (2nd Saturday of March).
-Popular Festival on Sant Joan's Day.
-Town Festival on Sant Salvador's Day(1st Saturday of August).
-Party in honour to the Eldest (October).
-Gegants i Nans de Pira (Carnival figures with huge heads-nans- and big bodies-gegants),(#977887247).
-Grallers de Pira (Musical association), (#977887247).
-Magazine on Local issues.
-Cultural association 'L'Anguera' (#977887006).

There are no ruins left from the former church and the old castle of Pira.

The current church worships Sant Salvador, our town's patron Saint. It was built in 1865 and displays many different styles. It is worth visiting the interior of the church and all the valuable objects from the former church. Its only nave has lateral transept and chapels. The altars are Baroque and Neoclassical. The second chapel keeps an image of Sant Sebastià's, most likely Gothic. The church also keeps some sculptures from the transitional period Romanesque-Ogival.

The Sindicat Agrícola of Pira was constituted in 1917 and entrusted the construction of a wine cellar to architect Cèsar Martinell. This two-storey building is a beautiful example of the agrarian agriculture of that period. It was inaugurated in 1919 and had a capacity of 10.000hl. Old town Pira has a beautiful structure and still keeps some family mansions from the 18th century.