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Walls and Gate of la Gallarda

Castelló d'Empúries, Alt Empordà, Girona

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Walls and Gate of la Gallarda

Monument · Castelló d'Empúries, Alt Empordà, Girona

The last surviving gate of the eight gates of the old medieval wall of Castelló d'Empúries, from the 13th-14th centuries, although the town had already been fortified since the 10th century, with no remains surviving from that earlier period. The Portal de la Gallarda is a rectangular tower with a round-arched, voussoired gateway opening at its base and a large square window above. Beside this gate, stretches of stone wall survive, integrated into later buildings. The complex has been protected since 1988 as a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection).

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