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Castellnou de Carcolze

el Pont de Bar, Alt Urgell, Lleida

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Castellnou de Carcolze

Monument · el Pont de Bar, Alt Urgell, Lleida

An old fortified settlement in the municipality of El Pont de Bar, in the Alt Urgell, with the remains of a castle of the counts of Cerdanya documented since the year 986. The Gothic-style parish church of Sant Girvès sits on a slope and has two floors, the upper one devoted to worship; it has a single, wide nave, covered by four bays of barrel vaulting separated by transverse arches, with a flat chancel flanked by two large round-arched niches and a wooden choir at the foot. The western doorway, with a pointed arch and voussoirs decorated with balls, gives access to the church from a flight of steps, and a passage beneath the bell tower leads to the ruins of the castle's walled precinct. It is declared Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection).

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