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Old Town of Amer

Amer, Selva, Girona

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Old Town of Amer

Monument · Amer, Selva, Girona

The historic centre of Amer, declared a historic ensemble of national interest, at the northern end of the Selva comarca, on the right bank of the river Brugent. It is arranged around the former Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria d'Amer, founded in 949, whose church, now the parish church, is preserved along with former monastic buildings converted into houses. The Plaça Major presides over the town, known as the Plaça Porxada, the second-largest arcaded square in Catalonia, whose present appearance is due mainly to the 18th century. The life of the monastery continued until the disentailment of 1835-1837. The 1427 earthquake damaged some eighty buildings in the town, and in the 17th century an epidemic and the plundering of French armies also marked its history.

Photo: Araceli Merino (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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