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Tower of el Molí d'Alfarràs

Alfarràs, Segrià, Lleida

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Tower of el Molí d'Alfarràs

Monument · Alfarràs, Segrià, Lleida

Tower of Arab origin located at the entrance to the gorge of the Noguera Ribagorçana, in the municipal area of Alfarràs (Segrià), next to the Pinyana canal, of which the so-called Molí del Marquès forms part. It is a single-nave building with lower openings for the passage of water and a pool carved into the rock next to the mill. Already documented in 1153 as a manorial flour mill, in 1678 it was bought back by the first marquis of Alfarràs, Pere de Ribes, who expanded the complex with a fulling mill. It had nine millstones, an iron lever to raise them and a winch to load sacks, as well as sheds for grain and animals. Its use was compulsory for the vassals of the Barony, who came from villages of la Franja such as Tamarite de Litera or Albelda.

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