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Castle of els Garidells

els Garidells, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Castle of els Garidells

Monument · els Garidells, Alt Camp, Tarragona

The castle dels Garidells, in Gothic style, stands on the left bank of the Francolí river, on a tossal (hillock) of 132 metres, next to the stream that takes its name and crosses the whole municipality. The village was founded around it: the brothers Arnau and Berenguer Claramunt built it after receiving the place as a gift from their brother Guillem on 25 July 1174, a date by which the castle already existed, and they adopted the surname Garidells. In 1229 the rights of Guillem de Claramunt passed to the monastery of Santes Creus, to which it belonged until the abolition of the seigneuries in the 19th century. After the Spanish Civil War the owner sold it to the Tamarit family, who used it as a quarry. The complete floor plan is preserved, with walls up to eight metres high around a central nave with pointed arches.

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