Castell de la Suda
From the Castell de la Suda in Tortosa there is a magnificent view of the city, over the Ebro valley and the Ports massif. The building is a fortress of Muslim origin that stands out at the highest point of Tortosa's old town. Under Christian rule the castle became a public prison and later a royal residence.
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The structure of the complex, however, underwent major changes in the 15th and 17th centuries, when military needs required the walls to be extended and several small forts to be built.
After years of neglect, the Civil War finished off the destruction of the site. In the early 1980s it was restored and largely rebuilt to house the only Parador Nacional de Turisme in the province of Tarragona.
Of the old building, the walls, the arcades giving access to the site, the Polvorí (powder magazine) hall, the parade ground and an important set of underground galleries survive. The various archaeological excavation campaigns have uncovered finds of Roman, Arab, Romanesque and Gothic origin.
