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Castle of Toloriu

el Pont de Bar, Alt Urgell, Lleida

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Castle of Toloriu

Monument · el Pont de Bar, Alt Urgell, Lleida

A castle situated in El Pont de Bar, at the edge of the village of Toloriu, documented since 1025 under the form 'Toloriz' -contemporary variants also call it 'Tolorivo' or 'Tolarit'-, when, together with the castles of Bar and Aristot, it protected the entrance to the district of the Alt Urgell. From the 14th century it belonged to the lineage of Siscart de Llordat and his descendants. A corner tower and wall remains of the old fortification survive, in use until the War of the Spanish Succession and finally destroyed by the French in 1794; the rebuilt circular tower is popularly known as 'la Torre del moro'. It is declared Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection).

Photo: CRPU Mascançà (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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