The castle of Lordat (le château de Lordat), located in the municipality of Lordat (Ariège department) is one of the oldest and largest feudal castles in the county of Foix. This is a classic example of Pyrenean medieval military architecture.
At the foot of the castle lies the village of Lordat (altitude about 900 m above …
MoreLloberola (Tower) Castle (cat. Castell de LLoberola) is located in Lloberola, a village within the town of Biosca, in the comarca of Segarra (cat. Biosca (la Segarra)) and is declared to be an object of cultural heritage of all Hispanic importance. It rises a hundred meters above the left bank of the Lloberola River – …
MoreAt 3.5 km from the city of Ax-les-Thermes there is a small lake (lac de Campauleil) or, as it is also called, Lake d’Orgeix, with a small dam on the River d’Orgeix (height 814 m above level). The Orgeix castle was built here (château d’Orgeix). It belonged to a family of marquis by the name …
MoreCastle-mill Ratera (cat. Castell-molí de Ratera) is located in a field on the right bank of the River Sio. It used the river water to power the flour mill, now abandoned. Initially, the building consisted of two rectangular buildings interconnected by means of a cylindrical tower that hid a spiral staircase and originated from the …
MoreThis castle is located in the village of Montcortes de Segarra (cat. Montcortès de Segarra), part of the town of Plans de Sio (cat. Plans de Sió) in the comarca of La Segarra (cat. La Segarra). It is an object of cultural heritage of all Spanish significance. The building stands on the area’s highest point, …
MoreAranyo castle (cat. Castell de l’Aranyó), located on the plain of Sio (cat. Plans de Sió), is an object of Spain’s cultural heritage.
Written records of it have been preserved dating back to the 14th century. In the first half of the 11th century, the lands surrounding the castle were conquered from the Muslims and annexed …
MoreIn the center of the town of Pallargues (cat. Les Pallargues), at the end of a narrow street, a few meters from the city hall building is the castle of Las Pallargues.
Today, the streets of the town are full of peace and quiet, which has been preserved for centuries.
A document (dated 1061) mentions the castle …
MoreAmong the main attractions of Cardona is the Castle (El Castell i la Colo • legiata de Sant Vicenç).
Since ancient times, man has sought places on high ground to build fortresses that would allow him to control a territory. In Cardona, the geographical location of the castle corresponds to the need to protect access to …
MoreAmong the main attractions of Foix is the castle (Chateau de Foix). The documented history of the castle begins in 987. From 1034, it became the main citadel of the county of Foix, which played a prominent role in the history of medieval France. Since the 1890s, it has been one of France’s monuments of …
MoreCastle Concabella
Concabella’s lands are located just in the neighbourhood of the tribe of the lacetans (cat. Lacetans), who occupied the territory of the present districts of Urgell (cat. Urgell), Segarra (cat. Segarra) Anoia (cat. Anoia) and Bages (cat. Bages), and the Ilergetes ( cat. ilergetes), who lived to the west, where today lies the border …
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