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Castle of Lladurs

Lladurs, Solsonès, Lleida

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Castle of Lladurs

Monument · Lladurs, Solsonès, Lleida

The castle of Lladurs crowns the Serrat del Castell, on a steep tossal (hillock) to the right of the river Cardener, next to the original church of Sant Martí, in Lladurs, in the Solsonès. It is documented since the year 1000, when the count of Urgell sold some vineyards situated "in chastro Llaturci"; from the 1040 consecration act of Sant Sadurní de Tavèrnoles, it is known that it belonged to that monastery. In 1314, when the viscounty of Cardona was created, it passed to the Folc family, who kept it until the abolition of the feudal regime in the 19th century. During the Civil War, the nearby plain was used as an airfield, and in 1939 the castle and the adjoining church were burned and never rebuilt. Of the ruins, mainly the ashlar walls of the south and east survive.

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