The first written references are from between the years 1068 and 1095. It still preserves a part of the exterior walls, the hermitage of Santa Maria and the patio. There is also a large room from the 13th century, covered with a pointed vault and a semicircular arch door. The hermitage of Santa Maria del Castillo is a small church, of which there is news from the 13th century when it was the castle church. , consists of a small nave topped by an oval apse and covered with a pointed vault

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The ruined castle of Saldes dates back to the 11th century. A Gothic vaulted hall is well preserved below the imposing walls of the main building. Next to it is a small church.

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