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Wayfarers' Hospital of Vandellòs

Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Baix Camp, Tarragona

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Wayfarers' Hospital of Vandellòs

Monument · Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Baix Camp, Tarragona

The Hospital per a vianants (pilgrims' hospital) of l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, or Hospital del Coll de Balaguer, is a monument protected as a bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's designation for cultural heritage of national interest) in the municipality of Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant (Baix Camp). It was founded in 1344 by the Infante Peter, son of James the Just, to shelter travellers and pilgrims crossing lands then depopulated between Tarragona and Tortosa; from this hospital the village of l'Hospitalet de l'Infant was born. It was a notable Gothic building, square in plan, 54.43 metres on each side, centred on a courtyard and protected by walls 11.70 metres high. It had two dormitories with beds for men and women, and distributed bread and wine among the poor. It suffered damage in three wars, and was restored as a municipal facility in 2016.

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