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Castell d'Ulldecona
Ulldecona Castle is a fortified complex in Ulldecona (Montsià) declared a cultural asset of national interest. It rises above the Puig del Castell, a small elevation that is part of the Serra Grossa. This complex is on the left bank of the river Sénia, the current political-administrative boundary between Catalonia and the Valencian Country. The wide visibility and the great fertility and richness of the land have meant that this place has over time been a strategic area for the control of the territory from the Iberian era to the Middle Ages.
The fortress is mostly the work of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem. It was the seat of the main command of the hospitallers of the lands of the Ebro when Amposta ceased to be so after the exchange made by the castellan of Amposta, Ramon de Ribelles, with King Peter the Great, in 1280, of the lordship of Amposta for possessions of Aragon.
With the conquest of the lands south of the Ebro by the Christians in 1148, the castle passed to the Montcada family, from Tortosa. In 1173 the castle and the grounds were given to the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. In 1178 Alfonso I gave it back to the Hospitallers.
Castell d'Ulldecona
Ulldecona Castle is a fortified complex in Ulldecona (Montsià) declared a cultural asset of national interest. It rises above the Puig del Castell, a small elevation that is part of the Serra Grossa. This complex is on the left bank of the river Sénia, the current political-administrative boundary between Catalonia and the Valencian Country. The wide visibility and the great fertility and richness of the land have meant that this place has over time been a strategic area for the control of the territory from the Iberian era to the Middle Ages.
The fortress is mostly the work of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem. It was the seat of the main command of the hospitallers of the lands of the Ebro when Amposta ceased to be so after the exchange made by the castellan of Amposta, Ramon de Ribelles, with King Peter the Great, in 1280, of the lordship of Amposta for possessions of Aragon.
With the conquest of the lands south of the Ebro by the Christians in 1148, the castle passed to the Montcada family, from Tortosa. In 1173 the castle and the grounds were given to the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. In 1178 Alfonso I gave it back to the Hospitallers.