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    Tossa de Mar, La Selva, Girona (Spain).

    ENGLISH
    The walled enceinte of “Vila Vella” has been declared as a National Historic-Artistic Monument and it is today the unique example of a medieval fortified village on the Catalan coast still standing. The original construction dates back to the end of the 12th century or beginning of the 13th , but its actual aspect is the result of the reconstruction carried out during 1387.

    The almost totality of the original perimetre, with dry-stone battlemented ramparts, four big towers and three round ones finished off with machicolations at the top, have been preserved till our days. During the years of greatest splendour these ramparts reached to lodge a gothic styled church, today in ruins, and about eighty houses. The Municipal Museum is occupying the old Governor’s house, the most noble medieval building in the walled enceinte.

    The walls defended the village in multiple occasions, especially during the persistent and severe attacks of the pirates during the 16th century.

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    CASTELLANO
    Las murallas de la Vila Vella son monumento histórico-artístico nacional y el único ejemplo de población medieval fortificada todavía existente en la costa catalana. La construcción original se remonta a finales del s.XII o a comienzos del XIII, pero su forma actual es fruto de la reconstrucción realizada en el año 1387.

    Se conserva la casi totalidad del perímetro original, con muros de mampostería almenados, cuatro torreones y tres torres cilíndricas rematadas en lo alto por matacanes. En su momento de máximo esplendor llegó a albergar la iglesia de estilo gótico (s.XV), hoy en ruinas, y unas ochenta casas. La antigua casa del batlle de sac o gobernador es la que está actualmente ocupada por el Museo Municipal.

    Las murallas defendieron la villa en múltiples ocasiones, sobre todo en tiempos de las persistentes incursiones piratas del s.XVI.

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    1. G.A.O. 72 months ago | reply

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    2. d.kumar 72 months ago | reply

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    3. Superpepelu 72 months ago | reply

      preciosa luz, y un bello lugar

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    4. OctavioBJ 72 months ago | reply

      Una postal maravillosa......
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    5. xunetu 72 months ago | reply

      Muy buena la foto, una luz magnifica. Me gusta, y por cierto si tiene parecido con Peñiscola, era mi otra opción para pasar ese fin de semana, pero al final cayo Peñiscola, así que tengo pendiente una visita a Tossa y otra a Cadaques.

    6. 1jmr 70 months ago | reply

      Aparte de una composición excelente, te ha quedado muy bien el color del cielo.

    7. Marzua [deleted] 69 months ago | reply

      Preciosa!!

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    9. Ozgurmulazimoglu 53 months ago | reply

      Akdeniz: Tarihle doğanın buluştuğu yer ! Mediterranean: Where history and nature meets !

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    10. Ozgurmulazimoglu 53 months ago | reply

      Akdeniz: Tarihle doğanın buluştuğu yer ! Mediterranean: Where history and nature meets !

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