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Castle of Peralta

Forallac, Baix Empordà, Girona

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Castle of Peralta

Monument · Forallac, Baix Empordà, Girona

The castle of Peralta, declared a bien cultural de interès nacional (a cultural property of national interest), stands in the village of Santa Susanna de Peralta, in the municipality of Forallac (Baix Empordà), on a small rocky hill. It retains a rectangular keep and notable walls, the work of the 11th to 14th centuries, though today in very poor condition: only the lower of the two barrel vaults it once had survives, and the south wall has collapsed. Of the walled enclosure that surrounded the tower, remains survive to the west, with a row of arrow slits, and others, much deteriorated, to the north and south. The fortress is documented since 1395, the year of the inventory of the possessions of the house of Cruïlles-Peratallada, although the place of Peralta is already mentioned in a document from the year 844.

Photo: Josep Maria Viñolas Esteva (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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