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Castle of Queralt

Bellprat, Anoia, Barcelona

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Castle of Queralt

Monument · Bellprat, Anoia, Barcelona

Medieval termenat castle situated atop the hill that overlooks Bellprat, with the church of Sant Jaume de Queralt at its foot. It stands at the western end of the Queralt mountain range, near the boundary with La Conca de Barberà, l'Alt Camp and l'Alt Penedès, and in the 10th century it marked the westernmost limit of the March of the county of Osona. Sold in the year 976 by Counts Borrell II and Ledgarda to the viscount of Barcelona, it later passed to the Gurb-Queralt family, one of whose members, Guillem Bernat, who died in 1084, was the first to adopt Queralt as a surname. Notable figures emerged from this lineage, such as Pedro VI de Queralt, a soldier and diplomat in the service of the kings of Aragon, and Pedro VIII, who in 1599 received from Philip III the title of Count of Santa Coloma.

Photo: Angela LLop Object location41° 30′ 48.99″ N, 1° 27′ 30.15″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap 41.513608; 1.458375 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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