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Sale of the tombs of the counts of Urgell

les Avellanes i Santa Linya, Noguera, Lleida

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Sale of the tombs of the counts of Urgell

Historical milestone · les Avellanes i Santa Linya, Noguera, Lleida

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In 1906 the new owner of the monastery sold the tombs of the counts of Urgell to an antiquarian for 15,000 pesetas. The tombs ended up in The Cloisters museum in New York, while the remains were repatriated to the monastery.

1906

Photo: Isidre blanc (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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