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Castle of Cànoves

Cànoves i Samalús, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

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Castle of Cànoves

Monument · Cànoves i Samalús, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

The 12th-century castle of Cànoves gives its name to the municipality of Cànoves i Samalús (Vallès Oriental, Barcelona). Its ruins stand on the left bank of the Vallfornès stream, at 363 meters above sea level, and consist of two naves: the main one, about 19 meters long by 8.20 meters wide, oriented northeast to southwest, preserves in its best-conserved wall three windows finished with segmental arches, while a second nave, 15.5 meters long, extends toward the northwest and may have had a defensive tower attached. The site is documented from the year 1002; in the 13th century the lordship belonged to the Bell-lloc family, and in the 15th century it passed to the Centelles, related to the Carrós. It has been declared Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection) since 8 November 1988.

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