El castillo de Tagamanent es un castillo de origen medieval que se encuentra en la localidad de Tagamanent, en la comarca del Vallés Oriental, provincia de Barcelona, situada en la comunidad autónoma de Cataluña, en España.
Situación
El castillo está situado en el pico de Tagamanent, junto a la iglesia de la localidad.
Historia
Se han encontrado restos que confirman que hubo asentamientos ibéricos en el enclave del castillo.
El castillo fue documentado por los cronistas medievales por primera vez en el año 945, y marcaba el límite del condado de Osona y de su arzobispado del cual siempre formó parte. El emblema de Tagamanent es el losanjado de oro y de sable son las armas de los Tagamanent, señores del castillo del pueblo desde el 1082. Se sabe que los Condes de Barcelona alrededor del año 1009 disponían de una habitación-residencia en el castillo.
El castillo era un centro de vigilancia del Valle del Congost, ruta que unía el Vallés y Osona; en el siglo XV el castillo pasó por casamiento a la familia Montbui y después a los Rocaberti, vizcondes de Rocabertí-Perelada aunque con juristicción real desde el siglo XVI

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El Clascar, also known as Bertí castle, is a dilapidated building in the town of Sant Quirze Safaja belonging to the rural town of Bertí.
Located at the top of the Bertí cliffs, near noon and the church of Sant Pere de Bertí, about 650 metres to the south.
Its an ancient domus or strong house, documented in 987. It became farmhouse in the XIV century when Guillem del Clascar is mentioned under the control of the Centelles family. In the XVI century it was owned by Bell-lloc family. In the early XX century had a major restoration in a fantasy style with gothic, romanesque and arabic, betwwn real and imitation, such the crown-shaped battlements and circular tower of the north wind edge.
At 1949 was listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest, because its origin is related to a medieval castle.
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El Clascar

El castillo de la Popa o castillo de Castellcir, documentado desde el año 1014, está en la población de Castellcir (Barcelona, España) y su principal función era la defensa del valle de la riera Castellcir-Tenes.
A principios del siglo XI apareció la dinastía de los Castellcir con Gerard de Castellcir, los que poseían los derechos del castillo, pero debían pagar unos tributos al monasterio de l'Estany. En 1107 perteneció a Guillem Ramon de Òdena, uno de los miembros de la familia Òdena. En 1294 Roger y Gelabert de Castellcir constan como propietarios del castillo. La familia casi desapareció en 1348 debido a la mortal peste negra, aunque sobrevivió Almanda, una de las hijas. En 1363 pasó a manos de Guilabert de Centellesi, veinte años después, Ramón de Planella adquirió el castillo. En 1942 se convirtió en propiedad de Federico Torelló i Cendra.
Actualidad
El conjunto del castillo está formado por las murallas, hoy fragmentadas, los restos del edificio principal y la capilla de Sant Martí de la Roca. Las edificaciones, aún imponentes, ocupan un área de 570 m², repartidos en una fortaleza de planta y dos pisos. Todo el castillo de la Popa está levantado sobre la piedra, sin cimientos y actualmente presenta un avanzado estado de degradación, amenazando ruina las pocas estructuras que quedan en pie.
Leyendas
Se han escrito varias leyendas sobre el castillo. Una de ellas es qué dicen que el edificio feudal tenía una salida subterránea que daba paso a otro lugar a unos kilómetros allá, donde había una gran torre. Esta era conocida con el nombre de la Torrassa y pertenecía a los condes de Hogar. La gente, llena de curiosidad, más de una vez se había metido dentro, pero el fuerte viento apagaba las antorchas. Pasaron muchos años y los campesinos tapiaron el agujero: siempre se perdían corderos y cerdos. Nada se sabe a ciencia cierta, pero se dice que en la Torrassa hay un cordero de oro enterrado.

Castillo de la Popa

The castle of Granera is situated on top of a rocky outcrop which dominates the small village, and the small cluster of houses known as the Castel quarter. Built at the end of the crest line known as the castle crest line, it is situated at an altitude of 830 m. The castle still has all the walls which delimit the site and has an interesting polygonal structure to adapt to the rocky outcrop which constitutes its base. 
The castle is built with high quality stone. The entrance is to the east and there are two ramps paved with stones to access it. Inside the castle, which is closed, there are important remains of of a large house with Gothic structures of a chapel and other structures. 
The first written reference to the castle of Granera dates from the year 971. It was in a count’s ownership and was considered part of the County of Manresa. At the beginning of the 11th century the family of the lords of Balsareny was granted the freehold of its property. Then it passed through marriage to the viscountcy of Barcelona, returned to the crown and was granted to several families. 
The castle constitutes the most important viewpoint in the southwest of the region of Moianès, with impressive views over Sant Llorenç de Munt and Montserrat. Every 6th of January, the Epiphany, many people go up to the castle to see the sun pass through the Roca Foradada (a rock with a hole in it) in Montserrat.

The Castle of Granera

We know that Montsoriu hill was settled in Iberian times, although the finding of a hatchet on the hill could push the settlement date back to the Neolithic era. In Iberian times there was a working settlement on the highest part of the hill, near the current keep. The dating of the Iberian settlement at Montsoriu is placed around the 4th to 3rd century B.C., based on the Iberian ceramics found in dumps around the lower area of the castle. This settlement was probably related to other Iberian settlements in the area, such as those that were possibly located on the hill of Hostalric Castle, the hill of Buixalleu, the hill of la Moneda, or the hill of the Torre de la Mora.
It would not be, however, until the medieval period that we once again find evidence of human settlement on the Montsoriu hill. At the beginning of the 10th century, in the year 923, the consecration act of the parish church of Arbúcies mentions the toponym Montsoriu as the name of some farmhouses located at the limits of the parish. From this moment on, in the first decades of the 11th century, there is no doubt about the existence of a fortification on the Montsoriu hill. This fact is confirmed by the stratigraphic sequences and architectural findings from the pre-Romanesque period in the upper enclosure of the castle (chapel, keep, and cistern), that would shape this primitive fortified core.
Throughout the 11th, and especially the 12th centuries, the castle would become the seat of the Viscounts of Girona, and soon enough they became related to the house of Cabrera, eventually changing their name to Viscounts of Cabrera. The daughter of Amat de Montsoriu, named Ermessenda, married Guerau de Cabrera in 1033, and with her husband, would become the founder in 1038, of the benedictine monastery of Sant Salvador de Breda, the spiritual centre of the viscount’s territories. From that moment on, the history of Montsoriu Castle and the villages and places that made up the viscounty of Cabrera–Girona would be intrinsically tied to the history of the Cabrera family.
During the 14th century, the castle would become the Gothic palace and residence of the Viscounts of Cabrera, one of the most important families of the Principality. Calculations show that in the combined dominion of the Cabreras around the year 1360, there were 4,071 focs or families, which could correspond to about 20,455 inhabitants. This number amply exceeded the subjects of the rest of the lords of the country, who on average did not reach 2,000 families. During this period the Viscount of Cabrera was the great Bernat II of Cabrera (1298-1364), privy to king Pere III and tutor of the infant Joan, future king Joan I. His stand out role was in foreign policy of the catalan-aragonese crown as general captain of the navy, admiral of the Catalan fleet and counselor to the representatives of the military in the court of Cervera of 1359.
In 1354 he compiled the Ordinacions sobre lo feyt de la Mar, a maritime code for organizing the Catalan navy. Political and courtly intrigues would finally lead him to be accused of treason, and he was put to death in 1364 after an unjust trial. In 1356 King Pere III, as a reward for the loyalty shown by Bernat II of Cabrera and his son, Bernat III, created the county of Osona for him. This is how the properties of the Cabreras came to extend from the Bas valley and the Cabrerès right up to the sea. At this point in time the viscounty of Cabrera, in the hands of Bernat III (1350-1368), reached an extension of 14,000 square kilometres, with 87 villages, 5 walled towns, a great benedictine abbey in Breda, 4 more priories (also of the order of St. Benedict), 4 augustinian prebendaries, one Carthusian monastery, and one female monastery of the Cistercian order. It was one of the most important domains of the principality. This was the period of maximum splendour of the viscounty, but it also included periods of political and social instability, with the revolt of the viscounty against the king due to the death sentence handed out to Bernat II. During this stage, Montsoriu enjoyed a great process of urban reformation that started in 1347 by express mandate of Bernat II, who intended to convert the castle into his dominion’s greatest fortress.
During the 13th and 14th centuries Montsoriu Castle endured several attacks and sieges, and also served as a residence or shelter, such as when Philip the Bold of France attacked the county of Empúries and the viscountal family sought refuge in the castle. Later on, during the rebellion of the viscounty against King Pere III between 1365 and 1371, the king lay siege to the castle of Montsoriu with around 1,200 men, but failed to make it surrender. Montsoriu, with its system of concentric walls, the difficult access to the location and the magnificent water supply system, was virtually inexpugnable. A garrison could easily resist a lengthy siege inside the castle without having to surrender due to lack of water, thanks mostly to the great central cistern, but on top of that the castle had at least another three cisterns distributed around the enclosure.
The castle also had the function of protecting the farmers and villagers in case of danger, welcoming them inside the grounds to afford them shelter. We also know from historic documentation that Montsoriu Castle held a sizeable part of the viscounty’s written documents (books, scrolls, and cartularies), that contained accounts, fiefs, and other references to the vegueria and the history of the Cabrera family. To recap, the castle functioned as a small administration centre for its territory, which was the vegueria of Montsoriu.
At the beginning of the 15th century the fortress of Montsoriu lost one of its most important roles: that of residence of the lords, and in parallel its defensive functions were also relegated due to the new pyroballistic weapon technology. The abandonment of the castle was reflected in the deterioration of the buildings, which were probably also affected by the earthquakes of the second quarter of the 15th century.
Between the years 1462 and 1472, a period known as the Catalan Civil War, the castle was also the site of several war episodes. In 1463 there were only 10 men posted at Montsoriu Castle. During the Catalan Civil War the castle was taken by the troops of the Principality, and finally it passed into royal hands. In 1480 Anna I of Cabrera, Viscountess of Cabrera and Bas, Countess of Osona and Mòdica, Baroness of Montclús and of Caccamo and Alcamo (1477-1526), in obeyance of King Ferran the Catholic, married Fadrique Enríquez, Grand Admiral of Castile and cousin to the king. Debts and continuous sales a carta de gràcia (conditional sales, similar to a pawnshop) in favour of Francesc de Montcada, Count of Aitona, enabled Francesc de Montcada to take over the territories of the old viscounty of Cabrera between the years 1566 and 1574, for a price of 273,000 pounds. In 1626 the vegueria of Montsoriu Castle was purchased by the Sarriera family, counts of Solterra. From this moment on, Montsoriu would only be inhabited on counted occasions, for military reasons. Thus, during the Guerra del Segadors (Reaper’s War) in 1653, Montsoriu was occupied by an Irish regiment that changed sides while serving under the Viceroy Juan José de Austria and was incorporated into the army of the King of France, aided by the Miquelets of Arbúcies. During this period (1646) the lord of the castle was Joan de Saleta Ponsich, and in 1667 the caretakers were the Matamala family, from Sant Hilari Sacalm, who sold the hill of Montsoriu and the New House of the castle built in the Witches square (1713) to Quirze Pascual. In 1757 the viscounty had already passed into the hands of the Dukes of Medinaceli, by marriage between this family and that of the Marquis of Aitona, and they undertook conservation work which the inhabitants of the castle’s territory were under the obligation to collaborate with.
The rediscovery of the history of Montsoriu can be related to its discovery by hikers and romantic writers of the preceding century, but it would not be until 1914-1915 that the first archaeological cataloguing of the monument takes place, with blueprints by Jeroni Martorell, tasked by the Monument Catalogue Service of the Diputació de Barcelona. Later on, the organization Amics de l’Art Vell (Friends of Old Art), a private association dependent on the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, gets involved in the situation of the monument thanks to Manuel de Genovart. At the same time, during these decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s, the ascent to the castle becomes a popular excursion for many hiking entities. Also, between 1932 and 1936 there was a hiking group named Montsoriu in Barcelona. In spite of this, it would not be until the second half of the 20th century that civil society starts to articulate several attempts to recover the castle; for example, in 1949 the Arbúcies town council proposes its conservation. Also, in 1970 the Spanish Association of Friends of the Castles, with Lluís Monreal in charge, starts a campaign for the recovery of Montsoriu, which they assess as one of the most important fortresses of Catalunya. However, it would not be until the creation of the Ethnological Museum of the Montseny that this entity elaborates several reports and course of action proposals between the years 1981 and 1987. These will have a direct incidence on the development of a citizen’s awareness campaign, reaching its maximum expression in the social sphere with the creation of the Friends of Montsoriu Castle Association in 1992. This act of taking a stance by civil society, the receptiveness of the public institutions linked to the castle, and the approachability of the previous owners of the castle, the Ribot family, will allow the creation in 1994 of the Patronat del Castell de Montsoriu, the organisation in charge of managing the monument, and later, in 1998, the concession of the castle to its current owner, the Consell Comarcal de la Selva, that has carried out the restoration campaigns since 1995.
The collaboration of different institutions has allowed the diverse restoration phases to go ahead, and starting in 2011 the monument was opened to the public.
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Montsoriu Castle

The 11th Century “Castell de Burriac” is a small medieval castle with fantastic views of the Maresme Coast, Montseny and Barcelona. The castle is located at the top of Burriac hill at an altitude of 401m. The only way to get there is on foot or by mountain bike. The itinerary to reach to Burriac castlle  includes two of several ascents to do in Castle Burriac, in this case from Argentona and Cabrera.
The real name of the castle that rises above the turó (Hill) Burriac is Castell de Sant Vicenç, in honor of the medieval chapel dedicated to St. Vincent, which is one of the first buildings in the area. Burriac name not documented until the fourteenth century, in the year 1313. The castle was built on a former defense tower.
A highly recommended place to hike, watch good views, picnic or stroll animals is a way of affordable difficulty, and can be performed even with children.
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