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Castle of Castelldans

Castelldans, Garrigues, Lleida

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Castle of Castelldans

Monument · Castelldans, Garrigues, Lleida

Image of Castelldans, not of the place itself.

Fortress of Andalusi origin with earliest mentions in the 11th century, today in ruins: two rectangular cisterns survive, one with its barrel vault, stretches of wall, and foundations of square towers about 3.75 x 1.25 m. It passed into Christian hands in 1120, when the governor of Lleida ceded it to Count Ramon Berenguer III; from 1412 it belonged to the Charterhouse of Escaladei. A Civil War bunker and machine-gun nest damaged part of the structure.

Photo: jordi domènech (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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