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CASTLES OF MONTSENY

In the Middle Ages life was structured around the feudal system, a military-political organisation in which the lords of the land exercised hierarchical superiority over their vassals. The Saracen threat pushed the people towards the mountains, and motivated the construction of numerous defensive castles some located on well elevated points of the Montseny like the castle of Les Agudes, Miravalls or Tagamanent, which have today disappeared. Other important castles on the mountain range are those of Montclús, Cànoves, Montmany, Aiguafreda and El Brull. Above all of these stands the Castle of Montsoriu, notable as much for its strategic importance in the Middle Ages and today for its state of preservation, which has made it one of the most valued medieval buildings in the country.

The Castle of Montclús