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Castle of Casserres

les Masies de Roda, Osona, Barcelona

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Castle of Casserres

Monument · les Masies de Roda, Osona, Barcelona

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The castle of Casserres, declared bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection), stands in the district of Les Masies de Roda, on the inner side of a very pronounced meander of the river Ter, today half surrounded by the Sau reservoir. It was a castell termenat, whose governor also exercised jurisdiction over the surrounding territory, documented from the year 898. Of the original castle only a thick wall remains, closing off access to the peninsula on which the monastery of Sant Pere de Casserres stands; it is known as the Carolingian wall, built in opus spicatum. Before the monastery was founded, in 1006, there was on this site a chapel dedicated to San Pedro within the castle precinct, which the viscounts of Osona decided to turn into a monastery.

Photo: Pere López Brosa (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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