Castle of Verdú

Castle of Verdú

Verdú Castle is one of the most emblematic buildings of the town and was around where we started up the streets and squares that now form the town of Verdun. In 1055 these territories were conquered by Ramon Berenguer I, and in 1072 became the family Arnau Company. For two hundred years were in the hands of Arnau.Fins the year 1184 Berengaria Cervera gave the inhabitants of Verdun the privilege of building the town around the castle, which had until then been located around the river Cercavins, Ondara river tributary. In 1227 the castle passed into the hands of Poblet. After William III of Cervera's pawn in Poblet for a crusade to the Holy Land and the lost. The Barony of Poblet in was the owner until 1835 with the confiscation of Mendizabal. He converted the old fortress palace built in residence there the most monumental is still present.

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