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Castle of Aristot

el Pont de Bar, Alt Urgell, Lleida

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Castle of Aristot

Monument · el Pont de Bar, Alt Urgell, Lleida

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The remains of Aristot Castle stand on a promontory overlooking the village of the same name, in the municipality of El Pont de Bar. With the south and east parts lost, the plan seems to have been rectangular, about 18 by 50 metres; to the west a wall of about 25 metres survives, on a base carved into the rock, and inside remain fragments of rooms about 5 by 4 metres. The place name Arestothe already appears in 839, and it belonged to the counts of Cerdanya. On 29 June 1209 the viscount of Castellbò obtained the commitment to raze its walls; Guillem d'Urtx had it rebuilt in 1229. In 1301 his descendants sold half the fortress to the king of Majorca, and on 20 October 1708 its farmers resisted a French attack of 400 horsemen and 800 foot soldiers. It is Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection).

Photo: CRPU Mascançà (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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