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Castle of Ribes

Sant Pere de Ribes, Garraf, Barcelona

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Castle of Ribes

Monument · Sant Pere de Ribes, Garraf, Barcelona

The castle of Ribes, also called de Bell-lloc or de Sota-ribes, stands on a steep hill next to the old church of Sant Pere de Ribes, on the right bank of the riera de Ribes, at the exit of the village towards Vilanova i la Geltrú. Documented since 6 May 990, in the charter of settlement granted by bishop Vives, it was always linked to the episcopal see of Barcelona. After a raid by Almanzor, it was entrusted to the Ribes family, who gave it their name and to whom it remained subject as a fief until the late 14th century, when bishop Ramon d'Escales recovered the rights over the place, which Barcelona kept until the abolition of feudal rights in the 19th century. It has been a warehouse, a shop, an archive, a prison and, for more than thirty years, the residence of the dancer José de Udaeta.

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