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Castle of Rubió

Rubió, Anoia, Barcelona

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Castle of Rubió

Monument · Rubió, Anoia, Barcelona

The castle of Rubió is a frontier castle located on a crag above the village, of which today the lower part of a circular tower with 11th-century ashlar blocks survives, along with remains of perimeter walls from a later extension, between the 12th and 18th centuries. Although it is believed to have been erected in the late 10th century, its first documentary mention dates from 1063 or 1069 according to the sources. It was governed in 1198 by Pedro de Bertran, of Rubió, and at the start of the 14th century it passed to the lineage of the Castellolí family; in 1380 Bernardo de Boixadors bought the jurisdiction from King Peter IV of Aragon, and his descendants, counts of Savallá and Perelada, kept the lordship until the end of the Ancien Régime. Around the castle a settlement formed that is now very small.

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