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Castle of Vilamaniscle (Can Gorgot)

Vilamaniscle, Alt Empordà, Girona

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Castle of Vilamaniscle (Can Gorgot)

Monument · Vilamaniscle, Alt Empordà, Girona

Can Gorgot, also known as the Castell de Vilamaniscle, is a fortified manor house from the 17th century in the upper part of the village, declared Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). It has the appearance neither of a fortress nor of a palace, but of a large fortified farmhouse, whose enormous proportions and dominant position earned it the nickname of castle. On the façade a round-arched voussoired portal stands out, crowned by a Baroque emblem bearing the inscription Nada sin Dios; above it remain two corbels of a former defensive machicolation. The property belonged to the Gorgot family from 1651, when Joan Gorgot i Llombart, enriched through trade, bought the castle and the territory of Vilamaniscle from the noble Lanuça family. The building, in ruins, has been the subject of a restoration project since 2022.

Photo: Enric (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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