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... En el siglo XIV se construyó junto a la torre, y aprovechando parte de sus murallas, un pequeño Palacio Gótico que era la sede de la baronía de La Torre, independiente de Canals, cuyos titulares eran los Borja. En este lugar nació en 1378 Alfonso Borja, el que fuera futuro papa Calixto III. ...'
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Batllori, Miguel (1999). La familia de los Borjas [The Borja Family] (in Spanish). Vol. 18 of Clave Historial. translated by Jerónimo Miguel (illustrated ed.). Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia. p. 18. ISBN 8489512345. ISSN 2172-8356 . Retrieved 14 June 2016.