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Tower of Foix

Guardiola de Berguedà, Berguedà, Barcelona

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Tower of Foix

Monument · Guardiola de Berguedà, Berguedà, Barcelona

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The Torre de Foix, declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection), is a Gothic construction with two distinct parts: a rectangular tower, with a ground floor and three storeys covered by a single-pitch roof, and a rectangular farmhouse, originally joined by a wooden bridge. Both were merged in the 17th century into a classic farmhouse with a two-pitched roof; the tower retains original openings, with arrow slits, round-headed windows and a lintelled doorway. Documented since 1408, it belonged to the monastery of Sant Llorenç de Bagà, which sold it in 1457 to Joan de Foix. After the Foix Descatllar and the Solanell de Foix families, it returned in 1829 to the Foix de Bagà, who sold it in 1920 to the mining company Carbones de Berga, which worked open-cast coal there until the 20th century.

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