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Castle of l'Espluga Calba

l'Espluga Calba, Garrigues, Lleida

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Castle of l'Espluga Calba

Monument · l'Espluga Calba, Garrigues, Lleida

Gothic castle, square in plan with mullioned windows and round arches, rebuilt by the Hospitallers in the 15th century over an old Arab fortification resettled in 1148 under a charter from Ramon Berenguer IV; the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem held it from 1405 to the 19th century. Between 1877 and 1963 it housed a school of Dominican nuns; acquired by the municipality in 1966, it is now open to visitors and houses a room on the Order of Malta and a museum of peasant life.

Photo: Domènec Leal (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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