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Castle of Abella

Abella de la Conca, Pallars Jussà, Lleida

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Castle of Abella

Monument · Abella de la Conca, Pallars Jussà, Lleida

Image of Abella de la Conca, not of the place itself.

Romanesque ruins from the 11th century atop a hill above the village of Abella de la Conca, in a highly strategic position: easy to defend and difficult to attack, it controlled the passes leading from the Conca Dellà to the Alt Urgell, above all via Bóixols, the same route by which the men of the Count of Urgell entered to dominate the Pallars basin while it was still in Saracen hands. The most important remaining feature is a wall about 13 metres long and 1 metre wide, oriented east to west. Documented as early as 1033 as the boundary of the territory of Llordà, it had as castellans Miró Sunyer d'Abella (1094) and his son Pere; from the 15th century it was the head of its own barony with several castles and settlements. Cultural Asset of National Interest.

Photo: Gustau Erill i Pinyot (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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