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Castellbò

El poble de Castellbò, a l'Alt Urgell, fou prou important a l'edat mitjana, seu del Vescomptat de Castellbò, familia feudal molt poderosa del comtat d'Urgell. En relació al paper d'aquests senyors feudals durant la croada anticàtara, un bon nombre de catars s'establiren a Castellbò.

 

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellb%C3%B2

 

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vescomtat_de_Castellb%C3%B2

 

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Castellbò is now a little and a bit ruined village in the Catalan Pyrenees. But in the Middle Ages it was quite important, being the see of the Castellbò viscount. The military role of these nobles in the crusade against the cathars in Languedoc made of Castellbò a refugee center for many Occitan cathars.

 

Castellbò means "good castle".

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