Gardeny Castle

Archaelogical studies from 2005 show that the palace and church were originally constructed as two separate buildings, later joined by a corridor or sacristy.

[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] Although there is no documentary evidence of Gardeny from Islamic times, it seems likely that there had been some kind of Andalusian fortress at that location at some moment.

[1] Belonging to Ermengol VI, Count of Urgell, from when he captured it in around 1147, the fort had probably been built by around 1122 under Alfonso the Battler during a previous siege on the town.

[4] During the Reapers' War and the War of the Spanish Succession, some buildings from the Templar (12th-14th centuries) and Hospitaller (14th-17th centuries) eras were demolished and other medieval fortifications were modified, including surrounding the complex with Vaubanian bastions, a double enclosure and adding a mock barbican.