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Tower of la Granadella

Camarles, Baix Ebre, Tarragona

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Tower of la Granadella

Monument · Camarles, Baix Ebre, Tarragona

The only surviving part of the Granadella castle, in Camarles, next to the 19th-century Jordà family house and a church from the 19th-20th centuries. It has a square plan, about sixteen metres high on the ground floor plus three storeys, built during the 13th century, and finishes in a terrace; medieval documentation refers indiscriminately to the castle and the tower, which creates confusion as to which was the original building. The original access was through a voussoired doorway on the first floor, and another was later opened on the ground floor, with ashlar blocks only roughly dressed except at the corners. The area is documented from January 1153, and a year later Count Ramon Berenguer IV donated it to the bishop of Tortosa; in the 14th century it remained linked to the Jordà house of Tortosa, and in the 19th century it passed to the Marquis of la Roca.

Photo: Deosringas (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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