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What to see and do in Sant Miquel de Fluvià

What to see and do in Sant Miquel de Fluvià (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 Sant Miquel de Fluvià

Sant Miquel de Fluvià
Village
Sant Miquel de Fluvià is a municipality of the Alt Empordà situated on the left bank of the river Fluvià, whose name -from the Latin fluvium, 'river'- also gives the village its name. It is dominated by the Benedictine monastery of Sant Miquel, of Romanesque origin and from the 11th century, promoted by Abbot Oliba and linked in its early days to the monastery of Sant Miquel de Cuixà; declared a Monumento Histórico Artístico in 1931 (a former Spanish heritage-protection designation), it retains a tower about 28 metres high, three naves in the shape of a Latin cross, and rib and barrel vaults. The present parish church occupies the monastery's temple, remodelled in the 14th century with a new bell tower. The village also has a Roman oven, one of the best preserved in Catalonia, the hermitage of Sant Sebastià, and a fountain and a wash-house. It has 860 inhabitants (INE 2025).
Church-monastery of Sant Miquel de Fluvià
Monument
The monastery-church of Sant Miquel de Fluvià, in the Alt Empordà (Gerona), was a dependency of the monastery of Cuixà documented since 1011; the land was consecrated in 1045 in the presence of Abbot Oliba, and the church in 1066. It combines the primitive Romanesque core with later Gothic reforms, in a basilical plan with three naves and a transept. The bell tower, freestanding and set a metre away from the church, displays Lombard decoration from the early 12th century, and the current fortified appearance is the result of 15th-century works. The portal, Gothic-Renaissance in style, bears the engraved inscription “Satiabor cum apparevit gloria tua” and the date 1532. In 1477 the monastery joined Sant Pere de Galligants and was disentailed in 1835. It is declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection).