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Village of Cardet

la Vall de Boí, Alta Ribagorça, Lleida

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Village of Cardet

Curiosity · la Vall de Boí, Alta Ribagorça, Lleida

Village of Cardet

The hamlet of Cardet, in the Vall de Boí (Alta Ribagorça), had only 8 inhabitants in 2025 and sits at 1,192 meters above sea level. Already mentioned in 1054 as part of the term of Castilló de Tor, it was disputed in the Middle Ages between the counts of Pallars Sobirà and Pallars Jussà, and in 1157 Bernat I d'Erill donated his castle to the monastery of Lavaix; in 1845 Pascual Madoz recorded 7 houses and 18 inhabitants. It is home to the Romanesque church of Santa Maria de Cardet, part of the Romanesque ensemble of the Vall de Boí declared a World Heritage Site, whose tall apse, raised on a steep slope, can be seen from places as far away as Barruera.

Photo: Manel Zaera (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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