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What to see and do in Forès

What to see and do in Forès (Conca de Barberà, Tarragona): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments

How far each place is from the centre of Forès

Castle of Forès 500 m

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What to see and do in Forès

Forès
Village
Small municipality at 866 meters of altitude, with the castle of Sant Miquel de Forès in ruins atop a hill. Forès was a royal town with representation in the Catalan Courts until 1390, when it came under the dominion of the monastery of Santes Creus.
Castle of Forès
Monument
Forès Castle stood at the highest point of the municipal territory, overlooking the village, and was probably built in the mid-11th century; today only the bases of some walls survive, along with lintels and doorways reused in the village houses. It first appears documented in 1038, when the counts of Barcelona ceded it to Mir Foguet and Bernat, though this date may actually correspond to 1058. In 1190 Berenguer de Fluvià sold it to King Alfonso I, and in 1285 King Peter II bequeathed it, together with Sarral and Cabra, to the monastery of Santes Creus, which kept its lordship until 1821, when the castle, already badly deteriorated, was put up for public auction.