This fortress, which is unique in terms of Iber remains, can be found in the comarca of Les Garrigues (Spain), where it is located in the centre of the plain and next to the Canal d’Urgell irrigation canal. The uniqueness of this site stems from the complexity of this defensive system dating from around 750 BC. La Fortalesa (the fortress), which was reformed at various points in its history, was evidently designed to be impregnable: it had a five-metre wide wall with twelve defensive towers, a specially constructed stone barriers and a thirteen metre wide ditch. This complex defensive system no doubt gives an insight into the power that the prince or leader would have had over the communities living in the surrounding territory. It was finally abandoned around the year 325 BC.
Permanently open.

How to get there
Visitors will find the site at the 71 km point on the C-233 from Arbeca to Bellpuig d'Urgell. Having passed the village and the cemetery, they should turn off to the right and follow the sign-posted route, along a tarmac track, to the site. Following this track, they will have the main irrigation channel of the Canal d'Urgell to their right for much of the way.