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What to see and do in Jafre

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

1 Villages · 1 Monuments

How far each place is from the centre of Jafre

Castle of Jafre 250 m

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What to see and do in Jafre

Jafre
Village
Jafre is an agricultural town in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, located in the north of the comarca, on the left bank of the Ter river. Documented since the year 895, it had 220 inhabitants in the mid-19th century and now has 386 (INE 2025); it lives on irrigated and dry farming, sheep and pig raising and the food industry. At the centre of the town are the ruins of its medieval castle, later incorporated into the parish church and declared an asset of cultural interest in 1949, together with the sanctuary of Font Santa and a sulphurous thermal water well. Since 2003 it has hosted the Jafre Biennial, a two-day contemporary art show considered the smallest biennial in the world, which has featured artists such as Francis Alÿs.
Castle of Jafre
Monument
A 13th-14th-century castle located in the centre of the small municipality of Jafre (Baix Empordà), beside the river Daró, whose remains are listed as a bien cultural de interès nacional (a cultural property of national interest). The first documented lord was Guillem de Jafre, cited in 1243; the lineage also produced Jofre de Jafre, abbot of Sant Salvador de Breda, who built the Gothic church of the monastery of La Selva. In the 15th century the castle depended on the viscounts of Rocabertí, within the barony of Verges. It stood beside the north side of the parish church of Sant Martí; today mainly a wall survives perpendicular to the church, about 7 metres long and 8 high, datable to around the 13th-14th centuries, converted into the façade of a house.