First mention of Sort Historical milestone · Sort, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida Image of Sort, not of the place itself. Sort is documented in 947 in a donation of Count Isarn I. In the thirteenth century the castle of the villa became the preferred residence of the counts of Pallars, which fixed its role as capital of the valley. 947 Photo: Gustau Erill i Pinyot (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Sort