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New Castle of Pontons

Pontons, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

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New Castle of Pontons

Monument · Pontons, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

Image of Pontons, not of the place itself.

The Castell Nou de Pontons crowns the hill of Sant Joan, above the gorge of the Pontons stream, commanding a wide view of the Alt Penedès. First mentioned in 996, when Hug de Cervelló acquired it along with other strongholds, by 1067 it was already distinguished from a nearby “old castle”; that same year the counts of Barcelona granted it in fief to Guillem Bernat d'Òdena. Of the stronghold, formed by a circular tower and a large enclosure, only a southern stretch of the tower survives today, 1.5 metres high with walls 2.85 metres thick; from the size of the remains it is reckoned to have reached about 20 metres in height. In 1271 it passed to the monastery of Santes Creus, confirmed by King Peter III in 1363.

Photo: Angela Llop (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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