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Castle of Vall-de-reig

Juncosa, Garrigues, Lleida

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Castle of Vall-de-reig

Monument · Juncosa, Garrigues, Lleida

Image of Juncosa, not of the place itself.

The castle of Vall-de-reig, declared an asset of national cultural interest, stands outside the town of Juncosa, in the mountain range that bears its name, on a crag overlooking the small depopulated valley to which it gives its name; today only a few remains of wall facing survive, largely covered by vegetation. The territory first depended on Castelldans, and in 1152 Guillem de Cervera donated an allod there; there is also record of a settlement charter around 1225. In the 13th century it came to depend on the monastery of Poblet, which acquired ever more of Juncosa's territories until, already in the 14th century, it held all jurisdictional rights over the settlement, repopulated before 1226 and uninhabited since the early 18th century.

Photo: Angela Llop (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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