Spain · 11th century
Castell de Burriac, or castle of Sant Vicenç de Burriac, is built on the hill of Burriac, located 401 metres above sea level between the towns of Argentona and Cabrera de Mar.
The castle was built on an earlier defensive tower; the first documentation mentioning its existence dates from the year 1017, in a document that Berenguer Ramon I received from the countess Ermessenda, his mother.
Between the 12th and 13th centuries the keep, the storehouses and the chapel were built.
It belonged initially to the Sant Vicenç family (for which reason it was called the Castle of Sant Vicenç until 1313) and from the 14th century to the Bosc or Desbosch family.
Around the 18th century the castle definitively fell out of use, but the activity of its chapel did not cease until 1836. Today it belongs to the town council of Cabrera de Mar.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Burriac” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell de Burriac ranks #6,954 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #343 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded 1017, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Barcelona, 25 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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