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The Força of Àreu (Fortified Enclosure)

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The Força of Àreu (Fortified Enclosure)

Monument · Alins, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

La Força d'Àreu is a small fortified settlement located somewhat apart, to the north, from the village of Àreu, within the municipal area of Alins, in the Pallars Sobirà. The name «força», common in the Pyrenees, designated a walled settlement or the defensive part of a castle, as opposed to the flat, unwalled Àreu. It preserves the old church of Sant Feliu and, behind it, the remains of the fortified enclosure that gives it its name. Documented since at least 1280, in 1519 it had 28 inhabitants; a description from the period notes that the houses were arranged in a closed wall and that there was a square tower, now gone, with the parish church inside the enclosure. Of the buildings, a rectangular hall measuring 14.4 by 7.4 metres survives next to the church.

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