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Castle of Barberà

Barberà del Vallès, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona

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Castle of Barberà

Monument · Barberà del Vallès, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona

The castle of Barberà, which gives its name to Barberà del Vallès (Vallès Occidental, Barcelona), has medieval origins and is already mentioned at the end of the 10th century; in 1005 Viscount Guitard bequeathed half of it to the cathedral of Barcelona and the other half to the basilica of Sant Miquel. It passed through the Montcada, Ribes and Pinós-Santcliment families, the latter granted the title of Marquis of Barberà by Philip V in 1702. After the War of the Spanish Succession the king ordered its fortifications dismantled, and during the 19th and 20th centuries it functioned as a farmhouse. The town council acquired it in 1988 and consolidated it between 1989 and 1992; it preserves the keep and sections of crenellated wall with arrow slits.

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