A Romanesque building from either the 12th or 13th century, with later reforms and probably fortified between the 15th and 16th centuries. It was mentioned back in 1237 and between 1279 and 1280 it appears in the Rationes Decimarum, where it states that it participated economically in the support of the crusades. The first documentary sources referencing the fortification works date back to 1299, when the Episcopal See threatened the knight Dalmau de Creixell with ex-communication if he did not stop the works. It can be said that the current visible fortification works date back to around the end of the 15th century. In around the 16th century, a new entrance door was attached on the south side, and the original door, which was walled up later in the 16th or the 17th century, was left unused. The lintel of the current door bears the date 1595 as the year of its inauguration.
The church of Vilaür is large and is located in the heart of the old town of Vilaür and this is what it looked like in the early 20th century. This is shown in the photograph by Valentí Fargnoli, which is deposited in the archives of the Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia in Girona. The way in which part of the apse and the side wall are completely fortified with a series of crenels can be seen. The building complex as a whole offers an overview of various increases in height and additions made over the centuries and it is especially interesting to see that two buildings that were attached to the apse at that time have since disappeared.
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Plaça Major 5, 17483 Vilahur, Provincia de Gerona, España
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