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What to see and do in Campelles

What to see and do in Campelles (Ripollès, 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 Campelles

Castle of Campelles 250 m

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What to see and do in Campelles

Campelles
Village
Campelles is a mountain municipality in the Ripollès district, in the province of Gerona, situated in the Serra de Montgrony, south-west of Ribes de Freser, with which it is connected by a local road as well as by the N-260. Its municipal area, covering 18.64 km², is bounded by the Rigard and Freser rivers, with altitudes ranging from 790 metres by the Freser to 2,000 metres at the Pic de la Covil; the village itself stands at 1,303 metres. It has 163 inhabitants (2025) and its church is dedicated to Sant Martí. Within its area lies the Pla de Prats mountain refuge, and the singer-songwriter Laia Llach dedicated the song Campelles to it on her album Sol d'hivern (2022).
Castle of Campelles
Monument
Castle situated on a hill in the town of Campelles, of which only walled remains of circular layout survive, including an 8-metre-diameter tower, a cistern and a moat now fossilised into the terrain. The place of Campelles is already documented in 918 and 1035, although the castle did not yet exist at that time; it is believed to have been built later, during the wars between the Catalan-Aragonese Crown and the kingdom of Mallorca, when the place acquired a certain strategic value. There is no record of any feudal lord, nor is it recorded as a royal possession, which suggests it was more of a watch post than a proper feudal castle, and it remained in use until the 19th century.