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What to see and do in Alcanó

What to see and do in Alcanó (Segrià, Lleida): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments

How far each place is from the centre of Alcanó

Castle of Alcanó 250 m

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What to see and do in Alcanó

Alcanó
Village
Alcanó is a small municipality in the Segrià, in the province of Lérida, situated at 214 metres above sea level, with 244 inhabitants. The almunia of Saracen origin that gave rise to the village is first mentioned in 1203, when the bishop of Lérida, Gombau de Camporrells, acquired the palace in exchange for his rights; by 1267 it was already being called Alcanó de la Frontera, because of its border location. The medieval castle, known as Lo Castell, was bequeathed in 1282 by the will of the merchant Guillem Hug de Tolosa to his son, and passed in part to the Order of the Temple; in the 18th century it served as the seat of the administrator of the chapter of Lleida cathedral for collecting taxes. The medieval building of the former Almunia, disfigured, is still preserved, with Gothic windows now gone.
Castle of Alcanó
Monument
At one corner of the plaza Mayor of Alcanó a large, heavily remodelled construction survives, corresponding to the remains of the old castle, declared Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). The interior was divided into two dwellings and preserves almost nothing of its medieval origins, except for one main wall; on the exterior walls, greatly disfigured, an ogival window and an arrow slit can be seen, and the original coping was left hidden when a wall was raised for a new roof. The place was resettled around 1203 by monks of Sant Ruf de Lleida, and by 1231 the castle already existed, its lord being Guillem Hug de Tolosa. After passing through different lords, at the end of the 15th century it came under the domain of the canons of the Seu de Lleida, who kept it until the extinction of the lordships in the 19th century.