The 1136 documentation of the Castell de Ribatallada

The ruins of the Castell de Ribatallada stand at the top of a hill near Sant Julià d'Altura in Castellar del Vallès. The Ribatallada torrent, formed by the confluence of the Gotelles and Gran de Can Font rivers, flows nearby, along with the Ribatallada glacier well. The current structure is an abandoned farmhouse showing little of the old 'castrum de Ripa incisa'.

The irregular layout of the site resulted from its adaptation to the small terrain and successive expansions from the 16th to the 19th centuries. In the northwest, remains of a wall with medium-sized, rough stones and uniform rows persist. While this masonry style could date from the 9th to the 15th centuries, it may represent a section of the wall from the ancient castle.

The castle first appeared in documentation in 1136, when the Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer IV gave it as a fief to the senescal Guillem Ramon. In 1173, Guillem Ramon left the castle to his son. In 1202, the son was granted all the fortresses his father held in the Vallès, including Ribatallada. The Montcada family owned the fortress until 1310, when it passed to the Clasqueri, and later to the Togores family in the 14th century.

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