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"Lonja"

This street is part of the downhill extension of the town's first fortification, which already existed in 1169 when the Christian conquest from the Arabs took place.

This street is part of the downhill extension of the town's first fortification, which already existed in 1169 when the Christian conquest from the Arabs took place. From that fortification, the place name Castillo is still used to refer to the upper part of the town. In 1834, during the Carlist Wars, the town was fortified again as a defence against the troops of the supporters of Infante Carlos.

On the corner with the church square and located on the ground floor of the old town hall, stands the "lonja". This building, since its construction in the 16th century, was a meeting place for the town council, a market, and a space for relations between neighbours... After the Spanish Civil War, the arches were closed to install a cooperative shop and in the 1970s it became a cultural venue (the Tele-Club) until it was restored to its original state, albeit with reduced dimensions.

In the western section of the street, the passage known as "lo Cobertet" stands out, along with the succession of houses of traditional vernacular architecture that, although renovated, retain the three-storey structure typical of agricultural areas: the entrance, where the animal pen and the hayloft were; the first floor, with the actual living quarters; and on the top floor, the "carasol" or "esgorfa" for drying agricultural produce and other domestic tasks.

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