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Castelltort

Calonge de Segarra, Anoia, Barcelona

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Castelltort

Monument · Calonge de Segarra, Anoia, Barcelona

Castelltort is a fortified house, still inhabited, in the municipality of Calonge de Segarra (Anoia), declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). It is documented since 1146, although it may already appear in 989, and from the 12th century it is mentioned as a “castrum” held in fief from the viscount of Barcelona Reverter. Among its lineage of lords was the Barcelona merchant Berenguer de Castelltort, who in 1389 founded the hospital of Cervera, called Hospital de Castelltort; the estate was ceded to the chapter of Sant Jaume de Calaf, with a chapel dedicated to the Conception documented in 1685. The current building, of irregular quadrangular plan with a prow-shaped wall, preserves elements from the 13th and 14th centuries, including a double mullioned window topped by a trefoil arch.

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