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What to see and do in Masarac i Vilarnadal

What to see and do in Masarac i Vilarnadal (Alt Empordà, Girona): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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What to see and do in Masarac i Vilarnadal

Masarac
Village
Masarac is the capital settlement of the municipality of Masarac i Vilarnadal, in the Alt Empordà, a quiet agricultural village on flat land, watered by the Anyet river, with scarcely any relief above 200 metres. It lives from growing cereals, vines and olives, together with pig farms. The municipality, which until June 2024 was simply called Masarac, also comprises Vilarnadal, annexed in 1846, and El Priorat, with 287 inhabitants in total (INE 2025). It preserves the pre-Romanesque church of Sant Martí de Masarac, from the 8th-9th centuries, with renovations mainly in the 12th, of which only the nave walls and the apse are original; the monastery of Santa María de l'Om, from the 11th-12th centuries; and remains of the castle of Vilarnadal. The coat of arms bears a sword and an abbot's crosier, attributes of Saint Martin, its patron.
Vilarnadal
Village
Vilarnadal is a population entity of the municipality of Masarac i Vilarnadal, in the Alt Empordà, province of Girona, with 294 inhabitants according to the 2022 census. It was an independent municipality until 1846, when it was annexed to Masarac due to the reduction in the number of municipal boundaries; in 2024 the municipality was officially renamed Masarac i Vilarnadal. Today it retains its own character within a landscape of cereals, vineyards and olive trees. It is the place of origin of the Xiriminimí, a Catalan dance that was sung and danced at grape-harvest time. Among its heritage, the castle of Vilarnadal, now converted into a farmhouse, and the parish church of Sant Pere, a temple from the 17th-18th centuries, stand out.