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Castle of Vilarig

Cistella, Alt Empordà, Girona

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Castle of Vilarig

Monument · Cistella, Alt Empordà, Girona

The Castell de Vilarig, today converted into a farmhouse, is located in the hamlet of Vilarig, in the municipality of Cistella, at the foot of the road that leads there. Documented since the year 978 under the Latin name Villa Redi, the first clear mention of the castle dates from the 1359 fogatge (hearth tax census), with 28 families under the jurisdiction of a knight. The current building preserves remains of an early medieval fortification on top of which a castle-palace was raised during the 14th and 15th centuries, later altered on its main façade. Rectangular in plan around a central courtyard, it preserves remains of walls and of the rock-cut moats that protected it, as well as cobblestone masonry and early medieval opus spicatum brickwork. Next to it stands the church of Sant Martí de Vilarig.

Photo: Albert Sarola Juanola (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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