In Aguilar de Segarra, Castell de Castellar stands as a cultural heritage site. Its distinctive structure is a large, rectangular building with an oval-shaped plant, featuring sharp angles at the ends of the long axis and rounded ends on the short axis. The walls are made of double masonry with small and medium-sized stones slightly weathered, arranged in more or less regular rows.
The castle's construction is believed to date back to the territorial reorganization made between 880 and 890 by the count of Barcelona Guifré. First documented in 983 in the act of the consecration of the monastery of Sant Llorenç near Bagà, the castle passed into the hands of various lords.
In 1707, the castle was transformed into a farmhouse for agricultural tasks. Today, it is a cultural heritage site dedicated to cultural uses, following a restoration carried out between 2010 and 2011 by the Aguilar de Segarra Town Council.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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