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Castle of Burriac

Cabrera de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

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Castle of Burriac

Monument · Cabrera de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

Burriac Castle, also called the Castle of San Vicente, crowns the Burriac hill, at 401 metres above sea level, between Cabrera de Mar and Argentona, above an ancient Iberian settlement. The site had earlier been an Iberian watchtower and, around the 2nd century BC, a small Roman fort that watched over the settlement of Ildure; from that period a cistern survives, later reused in the Middle Ages. The medieval castle was built on that fortification and is documented from 1017. Between the 12th and 13th centuries the keep, the storerooms and the chapel were built, and until 1313 it belonged to the Sant Vicenç family, from whom its other name comes; afterwards it passed to the Bosc or Desbosch family. It fell out of use around the 18th century and today belongs to the Cabrera de Mar Town Council.

Photo: Wilnel José Verdú Guerrero (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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