The Vergós Portal

In the framework of medieval Valderrobres, the gates that crossed its walls giving access to the town, were a fundamental piece. It is very possible that in the surroundings of Valderrobres already existed a set of walls in times of the Reconquest and that probably in the time of Archbishop Fernandez de Heredia needed to be repaired or expanded in view of the growth of the population, for which the prelate asked permission to Juan I, to collect a sisa and with that money to fortify the town again. There were seven exits in the layout of these walls, each one corresponding to an access road that would take us to one of the surrounding villages. In the case of the Portal de Vergós, it seems that it was the exit that led to the neighboring town of Torre del Compte. Over time, each of these exits was sanctified and placed under the protection of a saint of the Christian pantheon, leaving the portal under the auspices of the Immaculate Conception, as evidenced by a niche, now empty, on the facade of one of the houses attached to the wall.