. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. A STREET IN PRATS DE MOLLO {page I74). PRATS DE MOLLO {page 174) To face page 146 THE CHATEAU OF A THOUSAND YEARS 147 therefore, for a central and commanding spot whence hecould control the whole of his vast territories. He foundit in the wild rough watershed of the two valleys, amidstthe foothills of the Canigou, which people call the Aspres,from their hard and rugged character, and his new chdteaii-fort became known as Castell Nou. He had but to climbthe great rock, which impends above the castle and b
. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. A STREET IN PRATS DE MOLLO {page I74). PRATS DE MOLLO {page 174) To face page 146 THE CHATEAU OF A THOUSAND YEARS 147 therefore, for a central and commanding spot whence hecould control the whole of his vast territories. He foundit in the wild rough watershed of the two valleys, amidstthe foothills of the Canigou, which people call the Aspres,from their hard and rugged character, and his new chdteaii-fort became known as Castell Nou. He had but to climbthe great rock, which impends above the castle and bearsthe historic name of the Rocher de Majorque, to take in atone glance of the eye by far the greater part of his dominions,from the heights of Bellegarde and the time-honoured Colde Perthus to the green glinting plains of Millas and Ille. Hewas a great hero, was Bernard of Besalu, and he died in theyear 1020, while swimming his horse across the rapid currentof the Rhone. His eldest son, William, took the title ofViscount of Vallespir, which was changed into and becamehistoric in after-years, as that of Viscount of Castell
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