Top 7 Castles around L'Ametlla Del Vallès

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Throughout history the castle was confiscated from the Centelles and became a royal residence during the Catalan Civil War during the period 1462-1472. It was also a gathering point for troops on more than one occasion during the Uprising of Catalonia (1640-1659) and later, in the War of the Spanish Succession (1705) it was the area from which the Vincentian migueletes supporting Archduke Charles blocked the Filipista troops of Viceroy Velasco. During the Spanish War of Independence, French troops, in 1809, occupied the town of Centellas and the castle. During the Carlist wars, the parties turned it into one of the dens from which they attacked neighboring towns.

The owners have always been from the Centelles family, originating from a farmhouse in the area that was ennobled and became feudatories of the counts of Barcelona. It is the family name that the towns closest to the castle will adopt: San Martín de Centellas y Centellas. Later it was important as a stately place, from which an extensive barony was controlled that brought together the current municipalities of Centellas, San Martín de Centellas, Tona and Seva, and that reached the Vallés Oriental, controlling the entrance to the Congost valley and the plain. from Vic.

Between the 9th and 15th centuries the castle was the center of the powerful barony of Centelles and, during the Catalan Civil War of the 15th century, it was chosen as the residence of Pedro IV of Aragon, called "the Constable of Portugal", king of the Catalans. . During this period, wars for control of the castle alternated with the expansion and ornamentation work necessary to turn it into a royal residence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aivfOKgmW-E The wall has a length of approximately 200 meters and a width of 80 meters in the largest part. Although the large part of the structure that is preserved is from the 15th and 16th centuries, the castle already existed - with the name "castle of San Martín" - in the year 898. Originally, therefore, it was a border castle, to which Its first structure corresponds to the Sovereign Castle, documented as early as the 9th century, at a higher point than the current building that is preserved.

A nice place to visit while out on a hike. The castle has a pretty interesting history and is not very hard to arrive on foot. You cannot really enter because it is all closed up but you can visit from the outside. It is mostly in ruins and would be dangerous to enter.

El Clascar, also known as Bertí's castle, is a building in a ruined state in the municipality of San Quirico Safaja, in the Moyanés region. It belongs to the old rural town of Bertí. It is located at the top of the Cingles de Bertí, very close and at noon to the church of San Pedro de Bertí, in the parish to which it belonged. It is at the eastern end of the municipality of San Quirico Safaja. To its southwest there had been the Can Saloma farmhouse. It is accessed by an old rural road, currently a path, which from San Pedro de Bertí heads south, and in about 650 meters leads to Clascar. By vehicle, the track that allows access leaves from the same place, but turns further east. In 1949 it was classified as a Cultural Asset of National Interest, since its origin is related to a medieval castle.

Peaceful place, to have a good lunch and visit the emblematic Torrassa.