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Santa Oliva is a village that was founded more than one thousand years ago, and therefore it holds a large history. There are some documented news about the church of Santa Oliva, which dated from 938. The name appeared in the confirmation of the possessions of the Monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès by Lluís d'Ultramarí, who was the Carlomagno's son. In 986, Borrell II asked for some people and defenders to repopulate the area, specifically Santa Oliva. In 1050 some water mills were constructed. They belonged to the Sirs, who used the channels to water the vegetable gardens. These garden were the bases of the economy of the village. In 1142, the owner of the castle was Pere de Santa Oliva. However, it was not totally independent because he was loyal to Guillem de Sant Martí, who was the owner of almost all the lands of the Penedès. He put in the hands of Pere de Santa Oliva the "Castlania d'Eramprunyà", that is, the lands from El Llobregat to El Garraf. When he died, there started some fight between his sons: Guillem-Ramon, the inheritor of the "Castlania del Castell d'Eramprunyà", Berenguer, The Abbot of Sant Cugat, and Bernat, the inheritor of the Castle of Santa Oliva. The litigation that Berenguer had with his brothers was solved in 1183, when the Archbishop of Tortosa pronounced sentence. He gave the castle and the township of Santa Oliva to Guillem, inheritor of Guillem-Ramon, but under the direct control of Sant Cugat. Guillem had also prohibited the possibility of selling or mortgaging it without being authorised by the Monastery of Sant Cugat. Otherwise, the litigation between the members of the family went on. When Guillem de Santa Oliva died in 1226, his heiress and legitimate daughter and her stepbrother Guillem started a fight. The man, attacked and fired the castle at Easter, breaking the law of God and the protection of the king Jaume I. In 1239 Guillem had to pay the damages. Sant Cugat, meanwhile the conflict could not be ended, started to
buy the rights and ownerships that finally made it the owner of the
castle, the lands and the Monastery of Santa Maria. During the following
years, the Priorat of Santa Oliva won some preponderance, but it lost
its power after the 14th.century, when it appeared some problems between
the Monastery and the Church. In 1753, Ferran VI and the Santa Seu signed
a treat where it was accorded that the Priorat de Santa Oliva started
to depend of the Ardiaca of Vilafranca del Penedès. The fights
continued on after the 19th.century. With the "Desamortización"
of Mendizábal the lands were auctioned and El Priorat was bought
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The most interesting building is the Castle of Santa Oliva or "Castle
del Remei". It is formed by two lateral towers that formed a rectangular
central nave with some battlements. The left tower is squared and has
some battlements too. It also has In 1750, the devotion to the Mare de Déu del Remei was setted in a lateral altarpiece in the church of the castle. During the second half of the 19th.century, this devotion substituted the one to Sant Julià. It is very interesting the Masia de L'Albornar too. L'Albornar was already mentioned in a document in 1010, in the famous testament of Adalbert. Nowadays, it is a big house, which is well conserved even though it has had some reconstructions made and added in different epochs. *Interesting places SALA DELS ARCS. Museum
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- Coneguem la comarca. El Baix Penedès. Centre de Recursos
Pedagògics Baix Penedès.- 1991
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1012, the Abbot of Sant Cugat gave Santa Oliva to the Baron Isnabert
with the aim that he inhabited it. Not only he did it but he also built
a tower in there.
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Santa
Oliva was formed around the castle, which was made in honour to Sant
Julià. It is in the way that arrives in El Vendrell. The streets
of the village are narrow and sloped downwards the sea. Within the old
nucleus we can find some houses with a set of very interesting architectonic
details.
some loopholes and half-point windows. The right tower is circular,
and was built with the aim that it became a belfry. 
