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Tower of Pujarnol

Porqueres, Pla de l'Estany, Girona

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Tower of Pujarnol

Monument · Porqueres, Pla de l'Estany, Girona

A fortified house standing beside the small rural church of Sant Cebrià de Pujarnol, in Pujarnol, one of the seven villages of the municipality of Porqueres, documented since 1017. It was built from a 12th-century circular tower, originally free-standing, enlarged during the 13th and 14th centuries into its present rectangular plan, with two towers at opposite corners: a square three-storey tower, which served as a keep, and another circular one. It is arranged around an inner courtyard with a vaulted entrance hall; its main façade, facing east, has a flat-lintelled doorway and three windows, while the south façade has a large buttress. It belonged to several noble families until, in the 20th century, it passed to a foundation, and today it operates as an inn.

Photo: Antoni Grifol (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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