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Gardeny Castle [Castell de Gardeny] is a 12th-century Romanesque fort built by the Knights Templar at Lleida. Located on a neighbouring hill, just over a mile away, from Lleida's main fortress, the Castle of La Suda, Gardeny defended the only accessible side of that castle. Although by the 20th century, the only buildings left standing were the palace and the church of Santa María de Gardeny, at right angles to each other, the castle grounds originally had several other buildings that were destroyed during the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. Archaelogical studies from 2005 show that the palace and church were originally constructed as two separate buildings, later joined by a corridor or sacristy.[1]
François Collignon's contemporary (after 1647 but before 1687) middle oblique view of the start of the siege of Lleida (1647) shows, among other details, the location of Gardeny in relation to the citadel—containing Lleida's principal castle, the old cathedral and the bishop's palace—within the city walls.[2][2]
In the 19th century, at the time of Suchet's siege of the Lleida and its two castles, La Suda and Gardeny, the area also had the two strong fortifications of San Fernando and Pilar.[3]
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fuguetwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Collignon, François. "View of the siege of Lérida, 1647 (Lleida [Lérida], Catalonia, Spain) 41°37ʹ00ʺN 00°37ʹ19ʺE 1647 or later". Thirty Years War (1618-48). Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Thiers, Adolphe (1883). History of the consulate and the empire of France under Napoleon, Volume 3, pp. 417-419. Claxton. Google Books. Retrieved 13 January 2025.