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Tower of Ambigats

Barberà de la Conca, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona

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Tower of Ambigats

Monument · Barberà de la Conca, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona

The Torre d'Ambigats is the remains of an old watchtower or defensive tower, circular in plan, situated south of the municipal area of Barberà de la Conca, near the motorway. Built in the 11th century with the typical masonry of early Romanesque style, made of small roughly hewn ashlars bound with lime mortar, it has an internal diameter of 2.70 m and walls 1.90 m thick, of which only the northern part is preserved, a little over 2 m high. A few steps away stood the church of Sant Pere d'Ambigats, documented in 945 when the counts of Barcelona Sunyer I and Riquilda donated it, together with its lands and tithes, to the monastery of Santa Cecília de Montserrat, and demolished at the end of the 19th century. In the surrounding area remains of an Ibero-Roman settlement and medieval pottery have been found.

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