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Farmhouse of Pontons

Pontons, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

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Farmhouse of Pontons

Monument · Pontons, Alt Penedès, Barcelona

Beneath the Sierra d'Ancosa, next to a small cultivated plain in the territory of Pontons, in the Alt Penedès, this large farmhouse of the 17th-18th centuries stands on the former castle of Pontons: the 1358 hearth-tax record shows that Jaume d'Avinyó held the “quadra del Mas de Pontons”. In the 17th century it belonged to the Boixadors family. Rectangular in plan, with ground floor, mezzanine, two upper floors and attic, it has a voussoired entrance door, windows with stone frames and sills, and a machicolation and brick turrets at the top. In front stands the chapel of Sant Miquel, blessed in 1668 and now used as a stable, single-naved and without an apse, with a wooden roof over a diaphragm arch. It is declared a cultural asset of national interest.

Photo: Angela Llop (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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