Torroella de Montgrí becomes a royal town Historical milestone · Torroella de Montgrí, Baix Empordà, Girona Image of Torroella de Montgrí, not of the place itself. Dalmau de Rocabertí exchanged in 1272 Torroella and Albons with the infante Pere for the baronies of Vilademuls and Sant Llorenç de la Muga; the town thus entered the crown's patrimony and grew with walls, palaces and a Gothic church. 1272 Photo: Kippelboy (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Torroella de Montgrí