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Castellum Fractum and Iberian Settlement of Sant Julià de Ramis

Sant Julià de Ramis, Gironès, Girona

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Castellum Fractum and Iberian Settlement of Sant Julià de Ramis

Monument · Sant Julià de Ramis, Gironès, Girona

The site of the Castellum Fractum and the Iberian settlement of Sant Julià de Ramis stands on the Puig de Sant Julià, at 200 metres above sea level, in the Gironès, and is declared bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). It combines an Iberian oppidum from the 5th to the 1st century BC, with huts carved into the rock and fortified with a stretch of wall, with a late Roman castrum that made use of the Iberian structure to control, from this strategic position, the passage of the Via Augusta; remains from the late Empire, from the 4th to the 7th century, have also been found. It has been under systematic excavation since 1996 and is now being prepared for visits as part of Girona's archaeological circuit. Very close by is the church of dels Sants Metges, which also preserves Iberian and Roman remains.

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