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El Cogulló

Sallent, Bages, Barcelona

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El Cogulló

Curiosity · Sallent, Bages, Barcelona

The Iberian settlement of El Cogulló occupies the top of a 474-metre hill in the municipality of Sallent (Bages), on the right bank of the Llobregat, and is the most important pre-Roman site known to date in the comarca. Its position, with a wide visual command over much of the territory, gave it strategic value and probably a leading role over other settlements in the area. The settlement, bounded by a rocky escarpment and its own wall, covers about 5,000 square metres, with streets and quadrangular-plan houses documented by excavations. Its occupation spans from the 6th century BC to the 1st century BC, in three building phases, reaching its greatest extent between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC. It has yielded imported Ionian, Attic and Campanian pottery.

Photo: Saromijordi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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