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Castle of Navès

Navès, Solsonès, Lleida

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Castle of Navès

Monument · Navès, Solsonès, Lleida

Located at the eastern end of the scattered cluster of houses surrounding the parish church of Navès, the castle is documented since 968, when the bishop of Urgell granted it to Mir; his lineage held extensive domains in the area for nearly two centuries. In 1103 it was handed over to the church of Santa Maria de Solsona together with the parish of Navès and the castle of Pujol Melós. King Jaume I spent the night there on 27 June 1259, coming from Manresa and avoiding Cardona because of his conflict with the viscounts, allies of the counts of Foix. From the mid-14th century the castle fell into decline and became depopulated. Today only the lower part of the main tower survives, 5.50 m in diameter, incorporated into a farmhouse remodelled between the 16th and 18th centuries, inhabited to this day.

Photo: Isidre blanc (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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