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The parish of Ipsos Plano is mentioned in the act of consecration of the cathedral of Urgell. 986 The Count of Sunyer Pallars, with his son Ramon, Santa Maria woman Headquarters town of Santo Tirso, within the term of the castle of Sas. The site also had command of the miter of Urgell, which pretended to the end of the old regime. Because of the feud between Roger Bernard I of Foix, Viscount Castellbò, and the Bishop of Urgell, Pontius Vilamur of the troops that destroyed the castle of the 1239 Plan of Santo Tirso.

The town council has declared a "charming village" by the Council of Lleida. This Arfa. The act of consecration of the cathedral Urgell, in 839, also mentions Arfa, who at that time called Assos. In the Middle Ages, counts and bishops disputed control of the so-called hill or cliff Arfa, for its strategic location. The Church, as in the Plan of San Tirso, finally won the game and Arfa belonged to the Cathedral Chapter of Urgell from the fourteenth to the nineteenth, when the seizure, fell into the hands of his villagers. After the club was built a fortress, the Castle Genís

The most interesting monument of the Roman town is the church of St. Martin de Tost. The temple was founded Arnau Mir de Tost illustrate knight of the Middle Ages, was born in the valley Tost after the year 1000. His family belonged to the powerful hierarchy of the county of Urgell guarantee training and position, the young nobleman takes excellentment. Orphan, a young soon played an important role in the court of Count Armengol II. In 1031 he took to wife Arsenda, also of noble lineage. After marriage the couple go to the border and buy Castle Llodrà from where Arnau Mir began his personal crusade against the Saracens.

The other remains in the Romanesque town of St. Stephen are Sauvanyà, San Fructuoso of Fontelles, Saint Genis de Tost, of St. Sernin Arfa and the ruins of St. Peter's Parish

Among the cultural property of local interest to highlight the ice Arfa Well, originally the seventeenth century, perfectly preserved and documented in an excellent state. Popularly known as the "Well of the hoe," was the exclusive property of the canons of the Cathedral and remained in service until the mid nineteenth century.

Other local cultural interest are the Power Plant and Adrall of Churches of Santa Coloma de Tost Mountains, the St. Andrew Parish Horta Sant Sant Shooting Shooting Plan, of St. Sernin Arfa, the Adrall purification of the Virgin of Hope of Torah Tost.

We should mention the stone bridge of Arfa, of possible medieval origin, and despite several refeccions suffered over the centuries, is still in service, an almost unique case in the course of the Segre.

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