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What to see and do in Gualta

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

1 Villages · 1 Monuments

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Mill of Gualta 400 m

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What to see and do in Gualta

Gualta
Village
Gualta is a town on the Baix Ter plain, in Girona, on the left bank of the Ter river and watered by the Daró, which is diverted towards the Ter in the village by a hydraulic canal. Documented since the year 879 as Aqualta, it preserves remains of an Iberian settlement on the Font Pasquala hill and had a castle from the 14th century. It is known for its old Gothic flour mill, with four millstones driven by the waters of the Ter, today preserved as a defensive complex with wall and loopholes, declared an asset of national cultural interest. Over the Daró crosses a bridge of five arches from the 16th and 17th centuries. The parish church is dedicated to Santa Maria. It has 438 inhabitants.
Mill of Gualta
Monument
The mill of Gualta, declared a bien cultural de interès nacional (a cultural property of national interest), is located within the village of Gualta (Baix Empordà, Girona) and is related to the type of the fortified mansion, possibly the old castle of Gualta, documented since 1220 and built in the 14th century with the authorisation of King James II. It retains an entrance portal with a voussoired round arch, a machicolation and arrow slits, and ashlar walls in its oldest part; in front of the façade stretches a large millpond for its milling function. The first reference to it as a mill dates from 1725, when it belonged to the count of Peralada and it worked as a flour and rice mill; by 1918 it also produced electricity, and between 1949 and 1959 it combined milling, an ice factory and a power plant.