PLEASE NOTE: Check all the opening times in the "Plan your visit" section.
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
From Wednesday to Sunday, including public holidays
Tel.: 938297769 - 670225516 (castell) - 938086075 (Ajuntament)
e-mail: claramunt.cultura@gencat.cat
Claramunt Castle stands on a hill overlooking the Òdena basin. Its history, marked by wars, is a series of destructions and reconstructions, but despite everything its structure and impressive appearance as a fortress have been conserved until today.
Founded in the second half of the 10th century, it was one of a dense network of castles that marked the boundary between the County of Barcelona and Al-Andalus, designed to protect and organise the territory.
The castle was entrusted to the house of Claramunt, who held it in their domain until the 11th century. Later it came into the possession of the House of Cardona, who made it the administrative centre of the rule of the Cardona-Medinaceli over the lands of the Òdena basin, except for Igualada. With other nearby castles Claramunt remained under the jurisdiction of the lineage until it died out.
Witness to countless wars, the fortress has been demolished and rebuilt on several occasions since 1463 when, in the war between Joan II and the General Council, it was badly damaged for the first time. After the war, Joan Ramon Folc III de Cardona ordered the rebuilding of the castle, and work continued until the 16th century. But in 1714, after the War of the Spanish Succession, it was partly pulled down and was never again inhabited.
The fortress conserves the classic structure of a 12th century castle, divided into two precincts separating the residential part, with the hall and the keep, from the lower precinct, where the maintenance services were housed. Today it looks like a great courtyard surrounded by walls.
Standard: €5
Concession: €3
Entitled to concessionary admission charge:
Entitled to free admission:
Special cases:
NOTE: These times are now the ones in use. Please ignore any others published earlier on this or any other website or in informative leaflets and triptychs.
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
From Tuesday to Sunday, including public holidays
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays except public holidays, 24, 25, 26 and 31 December and 1, 5 and 6 January.
Access to the castle is to walk (25 min duration approx.)
Guided tours
For more information call on tel. 670225516, from Wednesday to Sunday, or the Town Council during office hours, tels. 938086075 or 938086442.
Group visits
To arrange group visits and for information tels.: 670225516 / 938086075 / 938086442 or e-mail: claramunt.cultura@gencat.cat
Length of the visit: one hour
Pets are not allowed inside the monument.
The facilities are partially equipped for people with disabilities and the blind.
People with reduced mobility can enter the castle in a private vehicle by prior request. This request must be made at least three days in advance by calling 938297769 - 670225516 or by sending an email to claramunt.cultura@gencat.cat. Those persons making this request will have to wait to receive confirmation of this service.
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