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Medieval Wall of Caldes de Malavella

Caldes de Malavella, Selva, Girona

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Medieval Wall of Caldes de Malavella

Monument · Caldes de Malavella, Selva, Girona

A stretch of the medieval wall of Caldes de Malavella is preserved on the site of els Horts de Cal Ferrer de la Plaça, at the corner between the Llagostera road and the carrer de Vall-llobera: about 10 metres long and 5 metres high, with five arrow slits almost at ground level, which according to witnesses remained standing well into the 19th century. A 2006 excavation, carried out for the works of the new town hall, documented the course of the northern stretch from the Girona gate to where it crossed the carrer de Vall-llobera and rested against the façades of the Camí Ral de Santa Coloma; near the hermitage of Sant Grau it turned south, enclosing the Roman thermal complex of Sant Grau. Its origin lies in the late Middle Ages, although an earlier one is not ruled out given the Roman antiquity of the settlement.

Photo: Enric (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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