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Les Torres Farmhouse

Artés, Bages, Barcelona

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Les Torres Farmhouse

Monument · Artés, Bages, Barcelona

Les Torres, known as Masia les Torres, is an 11th-century Romanesque fortification built on the estates of the episcopal see of Vic, in the municipality of Artés (Bages). Rectangular in plan, with a circular tower at its north-eastern corner, it preserves walls 1.40 metres thick and nearly ten metres high, with double- and single-splayed windows. By 1553 it already appears documented as a farmhouse. It has been declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (the highest level of Catalan heritage protection) since 1988 and preserves the original building almost intact, despite later extensions.

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