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Manor House of Bellpuig

Sant Julià de Vilatorta, Osona, Barcelona

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Manor House of Bellpuig

Monument · Sant Julià de Vilatorta, Osona, Barcelona

The Casal de Bellpuig, also called Castell dels Moros or Domus de Sant Julià, is a fortified house documented since 1147 in the municipality of Sant Julià de Vilatorta, on a small hill above the Noguera stream. Large twelfth-century walls survive, about four metres thick, with the springing of a ten-metre barrel vault, arrow slits and a rectangular tower at the northwest end; the plan was adapted to the terrain, with a moat cut into the rock that separated it from the rest of the hill. In 1234 the lords were Bertran and Berenguera; in 1316 it passed to Elisenda de Centelles and, in 1327, to her son Eimerich. The village gradually took the castle's name, until in the fifteenth century King John II ceded the place to Llorenç d'Altarriba, after which news of the stronghold is lost.

Photo: Joaquim Bordons i Wehrle (Public domain)

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