CAN MUSSOL - ANIMA MUNDI RETREAT CENTER

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The Cardener River was the historical limit of Old Catalonia, and the valleys that cross this territory from east to west, such as Rajadell or the Riera de Fals in which we are, marked the direction of conquest of the Catalan counties facing the western territories like the Segarra. On the right side of the stream of Fonollosa, in a strategic place along the old royal road that led from Barcelona to Cardona, we find a witness of that old border territory: the monumental complex formed by the towers of the old castle of Fals, the church of Sant Vicenç de Fals, its vicarage and the cemetery. The first news of the group date from 995, when in the process of repopulation of the frontier lands, the current territory of Bages was defined by a large set of fortifications to its higher areas that defended the new conquered territories. Under the dominions of the Vizcondes de Cardona, these put men of confidence in front of the castles, castlans. The knight Bonfill de Fals is the first of which we have reference by the castle of Fals, in 1018. The castle Of the defensive set of the Towers of Fals currently two towers remain. The first tower, attached and protecting the religious buildings, rises on the hill reaching up to 19 meters high. At the base we observe stones of large measures without working bound with lime mortar. The second tower rises 17 meters on a large rock above the Torrent del Infierno. In this case, the structure is formed by blocks of stone very worked arranged in horizontal rows to break. In the 19th century the tower was protected with the current perimeter wall that surrounds it. The "New" Tower was connected to the "old" tower and the walled enclosure through a bridge over the moat.

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