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Castle of Rocamora

Montferri, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Castle of Rocamora

Monument · Montferri, Alt Camp, Tarragona

The castle of Rocamora, formerly called the castle of Montferri or of Puigtinyós, was built to defend the border area of the Gaià river during the Reconquest and was declared a cultural asset of interest in 1985. Documented since 1010, when it depended on the term of Castellví de la Marca and may have had an Arab origin, in 1072 it appears as a castle subsidiary to the castle of Castellví, linked to the Castellvell family. In 1229, shortly before setting off for the conquest of Mallorca, Guillem II de Montcada bequeathed the castle, then called Puigtinyós, to the monastery of Santes Creus, which in the 14th century sold it to Arnau de Llobets. The building, of irregular plan with a two-pitch roof at different levels, retains its much-modified façade, with segmental-arch openings.

Photo: Antoni Grifol (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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