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Castle of Cambrils

Odèn, Solsonès, Lleida

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Castle of Cambrils

Monument · Odèn, Solsonès, Lleida

The castle of Cambrils crowns a hill of the Sierra del Bartoló Vell, above the river Fred, and used to dominate the village of Cambrils - known as Cambrils de los Pirineos to distinguish it from its namesake in Tarragona - and the road toward Oliana, in the municipal term of Odèn. Documented since 1039, when it belonged to the bishop of Urgell, it passed in 1159 to Count Ermengol VII of Urgell, with evidence of a period under the Templars. In 1375 it was incorporated into the new viscounty of Cardona, whose barony of Cambrils is mentioned between 1512 and 1831; in 1613 it was one of the places where the viscount exercised full civil and criminal jurisdiction. Of Romanesque origin, it is today in ruins and much altered; it is reached by a signposted path about five minutes from the L-401 road. It is a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection).

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