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Castle of la Granada

La Granada, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

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Castle of la Granada

Monument · La Granada, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

A 13th-century Romanesque castle, granted in the year 950 by the bishop of Barcelona, Guilarà, to Sisovald, and again documented in 1193 in the hands of the Cervelló family; Philip V ordered its destruction after the War of the Spanish Succession, and in 1937 its north and east walls were demolished. It retains its south and west walls, about 7 metres high.

Photo: Angela Llop (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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