Castle of Juià Monument · Juià, Gironès, Girona Remains of the medieval castle of Juià, located on top of a hill overlooking the Ter valley, on the northern buttresses of the Gavarres massif; today only some vertical walls and the defensive moat survive. The site, probably of late-antique origin, is documented for the first time in the early 11th century, when the will of Gilabert de Cruïlles, from the year 1035, cites a place called Iuliano. From an early period the castle was linked to the episcopal see of Girona, although the lords of Cervià exercised rights over it by concession of the bishopric; in 1354 the bishop went so far as to demand that Francesc de Cervià return control of the fortress to him. It was part of a set of strongholds of the bishopric of Girona, together with the castles of Palagret, Celrà and Barbavella. Photo: Araceli Merino (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Juià
