{"id":4437,"date":"2024-08-28T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismesmmonjos.cat\/esdeveniment\/discover-penyafort-castle\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:36:36","slug":"discover-penyafort-castle","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/turismesmmonjos.cat\/en\/esdeveniment\/discover-penyafort-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Penyafort Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With this visit, we encourage you to discover the heritage building that best explains the historical evolution of the municipality of Santa Margarida i els Monjos, Penyafort Castle.<\/p>\n<p>During the 11th century, a watchtower was erected at the foot of Ol\u00e8rdola Castle, intended to protect the land conquered from the Muslims of Al-Andalus.  Since then, a church, a convent, a summer residence of the industrial bourgeoisie and even a prison dependent on the republican aviation during the Civil War, have been added to the original fortification.<\/p>\n<p>With this visit, we will travel through time starting with the reconquest of the Catalan counties, to continue with the implementation of the Catholic counter-reformation, confiscations and the industrial revolution, until the outbreak of war in 1936 and the subsequent arrival of the first American tourists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Hours: Sundays at 10:30 AM and 12:00 PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>During the month of August, guided tours will only be offered on Sundays 2, 23 and 30 August.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Visit language: Catalan<\/li>\n<li>Price: 6\u20ac per person<\/li>\n<li>Reduced price *: 3\u20ac per person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Private groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Price: \u20ac75 per group of up to 30 people. For groups exceeding 30 people, an additional \u20ac2.50 is charged per extra attendee.<\/li>\n<li>Reduced price (seniors): \u20ac63.75 per group of up to 30 people. For groups exceeding 30 people, an additional \u20ac2.50 is charged per extra attendee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Reduced price CIARGA and PENYAFORT CASTLE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Retirees and\/or pensioners<\/li>\n<li>Unemployed people<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers between 13 and 17 years<\/li>\n<li>Families with 3 or more children<\/li>\n<li>Groups of more than 15 people<\/li>\n<li>Teaching staff<\/li>\n<li>Accredited journalists<\/li>\n<li>Residents of the municipality with the municipal library card<\/li>\n<li>IEP members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS<\/strong><br \/>\nTel: <a href=\"tel:+34669287539\">669 287 539<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:turisme@smmonjos.cat\">turisme@smmonjos.cat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We encourage you to discover the heritage building that best explains the historical evolution of the municipality of Santa Margarida i els Monjos, Penyafort Castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[94],"espai":[70],"class_list":["post-4437","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-penyafort-castle","espai-castell-de-penyafort"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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