El castillo real de Lleida en época medieval

Abstract

The old Moorish Zuda of Lleida was converted into a Christian Royal Palace after the surrender of the town in the year 1149. The structure of the building, which we can still admire today, was shaped during the whole of the XIII century and falls into the Philippe Auguste typology. In a later rennovation (during the reign of Jaime II) the royal chapel —one of the most interesting features of the fortress— was built and, during the XIV century the Tower of the Jews. In this study starting from documental data, old surveyings, and descriptions fron the XVIII century, the process of restructuring of the building is analized in an attempt to reconstrect the history of the monument which was adequately preserved until 1810. The Palace was destroyed by two explosion in the years 1810 and 1936.