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The Gulf of Roses. The Gulf of Roses (Catalan: Golf de Roses [ˈɡolv ðə ˈrɔzəs]) is the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast of Spain. The bay is 16 kilometres (10 mi) wide and is formed by the valley of the Fluvià river but also contains the estuaries of the Manol and the Muga rivers. These rivers drain the southern flanks of the ...
It is situated on the coast at the northern end of the Gulf of Roses, and is an important fishing port and tourist centre. [4] The C-260 road links the town with Figueres . The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a staging point at Roses.
The Battle of the Gulf of Roses, also known as action of 14 February 1795, was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought in the Gulf of Roses between a ship of the line of Juan de Lángara’s fleet and a French squadron of a frigate and a corvette.
Golfo de Cádiz (Gulf of Cadiz) Cabo de Trafalgar (Cape Trafalgar) Punta de Tarifa (Point of Tarifa) Estrecho de Gibraltar (Strait of Gibraltar) Andalusian coast (Playa de los Muertos in the province of Almeria). Catalan coast (Gulf of Roses). Mediterranean Coast; The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is the longest in Spain.
A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. ... Gulf of Roses, the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast; Gulf of Saint Lawrence, ...
L'Escala (Catalan pronunciation: [ləsˈkalə]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.It is situated on the Costa Brava, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó.
It is located in the Gulf of Roses, surrounded by the Natural Park of the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, and is the largest residential marina in Europe, with some 24 km of navigable waterways. Originally built on a swamp, Empuriabrava was transformed into a tourist community, initially planned in 1964 and completed in 1975. The town has more than ...
Surviving fragment of the Piri Reis map. The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives, housed in the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. After the empire's 1517 conquest of Egypt, Piri Reis presented the 1513 world map to Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512 ...