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Castle of Montagut

Montagut i Oix, Garrotxa, Girona

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Castle of Montagut

Monument · Montagut i Oix, Garrotxa, Girona

Montagut Castle, or del Cós, stands atop the hill of Montagut (612 m), in Montagut i Oix (Garrotxa). The site appears in a Carolingian charter of the year 898, and Count Sunifred of Besalú and Cerdanya already mentions the parish of Sant Pere de Montagut in his will of 966; the first record of the castle itself, cited as «castrum de Monte Acuto quod vocant Corz», dates from between 1070 and 1100. It consisted of a tower and walls with an outer moat; today only the lower part of the medieval tower remains. A circular tower survives, restored in the 19th century during the Carlist War, next to the parade ground where the chapel of Nostra Dona del Cos stands, built over the former church of Sant Pere. It has been a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional since 1988 (Spain's highest level of heritage protection; BCIN 1054-MH).

Photo: Nasobema lyricum (CC0)

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