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Peralada Castle
Peralada Castle is a castle in Peralada, Catalonia, originally the seat of the medieval viscounts of Peralada. The medieval fortress was destroyed in 1285 and rebuilt outside the later walls in the 13th century; the present building received a Renaissance façade and was enlarged in the 19th century.
Its prime
1860
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1860
What Peralada Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact castle formed around two prominent, cylindrical stone towers with high brick crenellated tops and pronounced corbelled machicolations; a lower, ivy-clad curtain wall links the towers and contains small, rectangular windows. To the left a taller rectangular block with a crenellated parapet and an ochre-coloured Renaissance façade rises above the connecting wall, with red tiled rooflines visible behind the battlements. The castle sits directly off a cobbled forecourt and formal lawn with a reflecting pond and chains on low bollards lining the approach.
Its story
The story of Peralada Castle.
Peralada Castle was initially the seat of the medieval dynasty of the viscounts of Peralada, begun by Berenguer, son of Ponce I, Count of Empúries. During the French invasion of the Empordà in 1285, in the course of the crusade against Catalonia led by Philip III of France, the castle and the nearby buildings were set on fire and destroyed; remains of the original structure survive in the upper part of the town.
A new castle was built in the mid-13th century outside the line of the new walls. The present building received a Renaissance façade, and the castle was enlarged in the 19th century.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1860.
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Clans who held Peralada Castle.
The families that held Peralada Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Peralada
Seat of the viscounts of Peralada, a dynasty begun by Berenguer, son of Count Ponce I of Empúries.
