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Castle of Rodonyà

Rodonyà, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Castle of Rodonyà

Monument · Rodonyà, Alt Camp, Tarragona

The castle of Rodonyà, in Alt Camp (Tarragona), was the centre of the barony of the same name; the earliest documentary references to the place date from the second half of the 11th century, linked to the castle of Castellvell de la Marca. The present building, quadrangular in plan with a voussoired semicircular-arch doorway and battlemented crown, is the result of a thorough Renaissance remodelling in the mid-16th century. In 1310 it was bought by the archbishop of Tarragona, and in 1409 Bernat de Tamarit obtained jurisdiction and the title of baron, a title that reached that of count in 1707 with Salvador de Tamarit. The municipality acquired it in 1919 and it even housed a school; since 2008 it has been restored in phases, the last one completed in 2017.

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