Mercè Rodoreda in Romanyà de la Selva Historical milestone · Romanyà de la Selva (Santa Cristina d'Aro), Baix Empordà, Girona Image of Romanyà de la Selva (Santa Cristina d'Aro), not of the place itself. The writer settled in this village of the Gavarres on returning from exile and there wrote much of her last work, among it Quanta, quanta guerra; she was buried in the local cemetery after dying in 1983. 1972-1983 Photo: Josep Maria Viñolas Esteva (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Romanyà de la Selva (Santa Cristina d'Aro)