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Si la Candelera riu, l'hivern és viu.
If Candlemas laughs, winter is alive.
This monument, a strong symbol of the city and has become a museum: Museu Català de les Arts i Tradicions Populars (La Casa Pairal). He was also called in certain periods Baluard or Bastilla.
The Castillet consists of three parts, namely:
-The Castillet proper built towards 1368 To defend the new door opened at that moment within the precincts of the city;
-The Notre-Dame or Petit Castillet gate, adjacent to the east flank of the previous building and which dates from 1481-1485;
-The polygonal bastion, established in 1542 In front of the Castillet proper to cover the approaches.
It is considered an archaeological monument of the greatest importance for the history of the city, and constitutes a unique type of military architecture. It is also decorative with its coronation of crenellations, consoles and turrets in Moorish style.
The Castillet proper was built around 1368 by the architect Guillaume Gatard on the orders of the Infant Don Joan of Aragon, to replace the door known as the Vernet which allowed to cross the ramparts and to communicate the city with the suburb. The new passage had a drawbridge that no longer exists. The massive construction of the building was that of a defensive castle to resist any offensive coming from the north. The ephemeral occupation of the Rosselló by Louis XI made it possible to change its destination. The fortress became useless, since every conflict with France was over, and it became a state prison. The windows were lined with iron fences, and the passage of the drawbridge was suppressed.
However, it was necessary to ensure an exit of the city towards the Vernet and the Petit Castillet was juxtaposed to the primitive building in 1478. It was the Portal of Nostra Dona del Pont or Gate of Our Lady of the Bridge .
In 1542, Charles Quint had Castillet covered to the north by means of a polygonal bastion, the tower and the tower of which were advancing towards the Basse (river to the north). The workers used materials from the Portal of Nostra Dona del Pont, which was demolished (and the houses in the faubourg) for strategic reasons.
Following the destruction of this chapel Castillet was placed under the protection of Nostra Dona del Pont and the statue of the Virgin who adorned it took place in the chapel. Thereafter, the statue was placed on the facade in a simple niche in the wall (the concave niche, visible today, adorned with a Gothic frame dates from 1864).
Vauban strengthened the polygonal bastion of Charles V and restored the Castillet to a state of defense. During this century the Guard Corps was also built. It was a rather simple building, demolished in 1843, located on the south side on the ground floor and covered with tiles. It served as its name indicates the place of life of the Body of guard. A courtyard along the wall of Castillet allowed access to the door of the monument.
In 1904, the fortified walls of Perpinyà were demolished but Castillet was respected. The crutches which connected it to the ramparts disappeared and the bastion and its watch were dynamited. In the twentieth century, the Castillet housed the Municipal Archives of Perpinyà.
More information: Perpignan Tourisme
-I believe it's always been there.
I think buildings have different identities
and live very well next to each other.
We always have the shock of the new, and that's fine.
The renaissance style is totally different from the medieval,
and they have a dialogue across time.
Richard Rogers
This afternoon, The Grandma has started a new project in Castelldefels that will keep her busy for six months talking about communication, writing, dialectics, innovation, AI, planning and evaluation in the field of teaching and mental health.
Returning to Castelldefels is always a reason for joy because it means meeting again with the colleagues with whom you share work and with whom you work every day with the aim of improving, through teaching, the lives of people who want to improve their knowledge and skills in their respective jobs.
When you arrive in Castelldefels and cross the train bridge, you have a splendid view of the castle that gives the city its name in honour of the bravery of their ancestors who defended the population from external attacks, especially from Muslims and pirates. The city still preserves many watchtowers which, like the castle, are a must-see cultural visit to understand its history.
Castelldefels Castle is a frontier fortress in the town of Castelldefels, Catalunya, that was built to defend the frontier of the Carolingian Empire against neighbouring Muslim territories, particularly the Caliphate of Córdoba. The fortress was first recorded in the 10th century, as was the former parish church of Santa Maria, contained within its outer wall.
The castle occupies a hilltop to the northeast of the modern town centre and the castle complex includes the castle keep, a church, associated outbuildings, and a cemetery, all contained within a curtain wall. The hill was first occupied in ancient times and archaeologists have excavated remains of a Laietani settlement dating from the 3rd to the 1st century BC, and a Roman villa dating from the 1st to the 6th century AD. The castle was first recorded in AD 967, and by the 14th century a fortified house existed with a strong curtain wall. The church was also fortified in the 14th century. The castle as it stands today was largely built in the 16th century as a response to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
The church of Santa Maria was built on the hill in the 10th century by the monastery of Sant Cugat, which had been given instruction to develop the Castelldefels region by Sunyer, Count of Barcelona. The new church was first mentioned in a document dating to AD 967. The first mention of a castle on the hill is an indirect reference to the church of Santa Maria de Castrum Felix (Fortunate Castle in Latin). Archaeologists have not identified any remains of this early castle, suggesting that it may have been just a tower or perishable fortification, or that it stood on the highest part of the hill, located within the present-day castle courtyard, the bedrock of which was levelled during the 16th century.
The church structure visible today is Romanesque in style and dates from the 11th century. The Romanesque church was probably consecrated in 1106. It has a single nave with three apses, a transept, and supports a small belltower.
By the 14th-15th centuries, regional instability led to the increased need for defences, and the church was fortified. Records from the period indicate that the hilltop had been occupied by a fortified house with a strong curtain wall. The earliest known remains of the castle date to the 14th century; a truncated circular tower to the south of the church is of this date. Also in the 14th century, the church was partially fortified, particularly the southern apse, and battlements were added.
Archaeological reconnaissance of the hillside below the castle revealed abundant ancient remains, leading to the conclusion that the hill supported an ancient Iberian settlement and a later Roman villa. The Iberian settlement, inhabited by the Laietani, has been dated from the middle of the 3rd century BC to the end of the 1st century BC. The town of the Laietani covered the hilltop and the adjoining southern and eastern flanks. An Iberian water cistern was found carved from the bedrock under the castle's subsoil. A number of Iberian house remains were excavated under the church, although none have been found under the main area of the castle due to later modifications to the land surface, in order to level the courtyard in the middle of the 16th century.
More information: Patrimoni Generalitat de Catalunya
that the whole world is an enigma,
a harmless enigma that is made terrible
by our own mad attempt to interpret it
as though it had an underlying truth.
Umberto Eco
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