Woodcut / Grabado
Tossa de Mar, La Selva, Girona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Detail of the door of the “Socors” (Virgin of Aid) Chapel, built
during the last fourth of the 16th century, probably as a votive
offering from the merchant Antoni Caixa, to thank the Virgin of Aid.
The original chapel has suffered several modifications until it has
acquired the present condition.
The chapel, which was originally situated on a lonely place of the outskirts, turned into a crucial point for the development of the village and also into an important religious centre, due to the enormous devotion professed to this virgin by seamen and traders.
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Tossa de Mar is a holiday resort located in Catalonia on the Costa
Brava, about 95 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south
of the French border. It is accessible through Girona airport, some
distance north.
There is ample evidence of settlements dating back to the Neolithic period, and it is believed that the area has been continuously populated since that time. Between the 4th century BC and the 1st century BC appeared the first Iberian settlements, followed shortly after by the Romans in the 1st century.
In 966 Tossa is ceded by Count Miró of Barcelona to the Abbey of Ripoll. Some two centuries latter, in 1187 Tossa is granted its charter by the Abbot of Ripoll, coinciding with the building of a church atop Mount Guardí, the remnants of which can still be seen today.
Sometime in the 12th century the mediaeval town was walled off and a castle was built on the highest point of Mt. Guardí, this castle was to be subsequently replaced by a wind mill, and this in turn by a lighthouse which is still operational.
By the year 1500 the first houses were built extra-muros to accommodate population growth. This process was greatly accelerated during the 17th and 18th centuries, shaping an urban configuration which was to remain practically unchanged until the arrival of mass tourism in the 1950s.
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CASTELLANO
Detalle de la puerta de la capilla de La Verge dels Socors, edificada
en el último cuarto del s.XVI, probablemente como ex-voto del mercader
Antoni Caixa, en agradecimiento a la Virgen del Socorro. La capilla
original ha sufrido sucesivas remodelaciones hasta adquirir su actual
fisonomía.
Situada en sus inicios en lo que era un lugar solitario del arrabal, se convirtió en un punto clave para el desarrollo urbano de Tossa y también en un importante centro religioso del lugar, debido a la gran devoción que marineros y negociantes profesaban a esta Virgen.
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Tossa de Mar, también llamado Tossa, es un municipio de 5.260
habitantes (INE 2005) perteneciente a la provincia de Gerona, Cataluña
(España). Situada en la comarca de La Selva, su ubicación en la Costa
Brava hace que sea un destino turístico importante.
En la bahía de Tossa, posee un recinto amurallado románico, la Vila Vella, en un pequeño promontorio en plena playa con siete torres circulares, se estima su origen en el siglo XII para evitar los ataques de piratas. En su interior los restos de una iglesia y el palacio del gobernador del siglo XIV. Cerca del recinto se encuentran los hallazgos arqueológicos de lo que fuera una villa romana del siglo IV, la villa romana de Els Ametllers. Posee un museo municipal dentro del propio recinto con colecciones arqueológicas, de pintura local y extranjera, escultura y vidrio.
En los años 50, Ava Gardner y James Mason llegaron a la pequeña localidad para rodar "Pandora y el holandés errante" y eso le dio cierta fama al pueblo, en cuyo filme se bautizó "Esperanza".
Marc Chagall la bautizó con el nombre de "Paraíso azul" en 1933.
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Japa 森 (72 months ago | reply)
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Qué texturas tan bonitas. Bonito detalle.
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great detail!
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Una pequeña gran joya. Preciosas fotos es como volver por allí, gracias
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Qué bonita pieca y qué interesante todo la información añadida.
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Bonito detalle. Gracias por la informacion.
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César Augusto (72 months ago | reply)
Esta simplicidade é que lhe dá a autenticidade.
Molte bonico !!!
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Marvelous beauty picture. Like it soooo much Santiago.
mariaugusta(ansiosamente à espera da lua nova) (72 months ago | reply)
O interior é de grande simplicidade e beleza!
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Que preciosidad!!!Me encanta el color y el diseño, linda, bello detalle!
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art_es_anna (72 months ago | reply)
un detall perfecte !
Stina Baruh (72 months ago | reply)
Muy bien foto! me encanta de leer tu texturas muy bien ınformacion gracias...
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NatashaP (72 months ago | reply)
Beautiful wooden door!
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preciosas texturas!
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Las texturas son muy buenas. Me gusta la Capilla ;-)
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Love the details of this shot!
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geoorgesf (58 months ago | reply)
Hola, Santi. Por pura coincidencia he tropezado con esta toma tuya tan encantadora:-O
Y esta cruz tan curiosa se ha hecho aún más sorprendente gracias a tu explicación tan interesante que revela la historia de esta capilla y recuerda el ambiente tan maravilloso de la Tossa de Mar...
Por favor, envía esta cruz tan impresionante a nuestro grupo.
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Rosa Gamboias/ on vacation (58 months ago | reply)
Muy bonita!
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geoorgesf (53 months ago | reply)
Hola, Santi:-)
Muchas gracias por compartir con nosotros tus extraordinarias cruces, siempre tan interesantes y tan emocionantes:-))
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