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Castle of Sort

Sort, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

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Castle of Sort

Monument · Sort, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

Castle begun in the 11th century, with Romanesque work from the 11th-12th centuries on the east wall and a 14th-15th-century Gothic palace; it preserves a semicircular keep and the façade of the Gothic palace with a decorated portal and windows. Linked to the counts of Pallars since the 10th century, it passed to the crown after a conflict in 1280; the count of Cardona transformed it into a palace in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, it later served as a prison, and it was abandoned in the 17th century after a fire. The duke of Medinaceli ceded it to the municipality in 1842 for use as a cemetery; it has been under archaeological restoration since 1992.

Photo: Arnaucc (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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