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Castle and Church of Sant Miquel de Montmagastre

Artesa de Segre, Noguera, Lleida

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Castle and Church of Sant Miquel de Montmagastre

Monument · Artesa de Segre, Noguera, Lleida

Complex formed by the castle and the church of Sant Miquel de Montmagastre, in the municipal term of Artesa de Segre, documented since the year 1003 and conquered around 1015-1016 during the Reconquest. It played a prominent role in the formation of the county of Urgell; Arnau Mir de Tost bequeathed it in 1071 and it later passed to the Cabrera family. Today only ruins remain: the foundations, a cistern and the church of Sant Miquel, in Romanesque style, with a slender bell tower and an apse of notable height. On its interior walls medieval graffiti are preserved depicting a mail gauntlet, an eagle, a lance and a crown. Several points of the complex are at risk of collapse, although the bell tower and apse remain standing.

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