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Castle of el Montpetit

Montagut i Oix, Garrotxa, Girona

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Castle of el Montpetit

Monument · Montagut i Oix, Garrotxa, Girona

Image of Montagut i Oix, not of the place itself.

The Castell de Montpetit is a fortification in the municipality of Montagut i Oix (Garrotxa) documented since the 11th century as the castrum de Toraies, although there is doubt about its location: some authors place it at the top of Montpetit, where only scant structural remains survive -perhaps of a simple watchtower-, and others near the church of Sant Martí de Toralles. It belonged to the counts of Besalú in the 11th century and later passed to the counts of Bas; in 1315 count Magaulín swore fealty to king James the Just, and in 1463 king James II incorporated it into the crown. In 1599 king Philip III used it to establish the county of Montagut, which ended up in the hands of the marquises of Aguilar, lords of Empordà castle. It has been a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (BCIN 1056-MH, Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection) since 1988.

Photo: Josep Maria Viñolas Esteva (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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