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Castle of Fluvià

Sant Esteve de Palautordera, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

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Castle of Fluvià

Monument · Sant Esteve de Palautordera, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

The Castell de Fluvià, or Casa de Palau, is an old fortified house of Sant Esteve de Palautordera, in the Vallès Oriental, declared bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). Documented since 1154 as the property of the Palau family, it was dependent on the castle of Montclús but had charge of the important quadra of Campins. It passed by inheritance to the Blanes, the Torrelles and, from 1425, to the Fluvià, who held it until 1837. On 1 February 1640, during the Guerra dels Segadors, Castilian troops entered the castle and killed several people, among them the lord Antoni de Fluvià-Torrelles, an episode recalled in the song Els Segadors. In the 18th century it became a manor farmhouse and, after years of ruin, was rebuilt in the late 19th century; restored in 1966, it is today a school farm.

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