Castell de Gardeny

Gardeny Castle (Castell de Gardeny) is a 12th-century Romanesque fort built by the Knights Templar at Lleida. Located on a neighbouring hill, just over a mile away, from Lleida's main fortress, the Castle of La Suda, Gardeny defended the only accessible side of that castle. Although by the 20th century, the only buildings left standing were the palace and the church of Santa María de Gardeny, at right angles to each other, the castle grounds originally had several other buildings that were destroyed during the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. Archaeological studies from 2005 show that the palace and church were originally constructed as two separate buildings, later joined by a corridor or sacristy.

François Collignon's contemporary (after 1647 but before 1687) middle oblique view of the start of the siege of Lleida (1647) shows, among other details, the location of Gardeny in relation to the citadel—containing Lleida's principal castle, the old cathedral and the bishop's palace—within the city walls.

In the 19th century, at the time of Suchet's siege of the Lleida and its two castles, La Suda and Gardeny, the area also had the two strong fortifications of San Fernando and Pilar.

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Castell de Gardeny steht weltweit auf Platz 3.688 von 5.479 im Burgen-Bekanntheitsranking des Atlas und Nr. 157 der 230 in Spanien verzeichneten. Gegründet 1200, ist es älter als 81% der datierten Objekte des Atlas — eines von 267 Atlas-Objekten, die im 12. Jahrhundert gegründet wurden. Sehen Sie im Burgen-Statistik, wie Spanien abschneidet.

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