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Montjuïc is a hill of the ancient Catalan city of Girona, Spain. Montjuïc is located just to the north of the old quarter of the city, near the confluence of the Onyar, Galligants, and Ter rivers. Montjuïc is also the name of the present-day neighborhood and district of Girona on the hill.
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Jafre (Catalan pronunciation:) is a village in Girona, within the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 6.63 square kilometres (2.56 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 396. [2]
The town is overlooked by the historical site of Sant Sebastià de la Guarda, located on a headland 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north, and 168 metres (551 ft) above, Llafranc beach. It comprises the ruins of a settlement of the Iberians from the 6th-1st centuries BCE , a 15th-century watchtower and the 19th century Sant Sebastià lighthouse ...
Tossa de Mar (Catalan: [ˈtosə ðə ˈmaɾ]; Spanish: Tosa de Mar) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located on the coastal Costa Brava, about 100 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south of the French border. It is accessible through Girona Airport, some distance north.
Besalú (Catalan pronunciation:) is a town in the comarca of Garrotxa, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.. The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory was roughly the same size as the current comarca of Garrotxa but sometime extended as far as Corbières, Aude, in France.
The GR 92 long-distance footpath, which runs the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, uses the historic camí de ronda that follows s'Agaró's coastline. The cami de ronda was rebuilt as part of the development, creating a walk in a semi-artificial landscape between sea, rocks and pines that integrates the urbanization with nature.
Onyar river in Girona, c. 1852. The first historical inhabitants in the region were Iberians; Girona is the ancient Gerunda, [4] a city of the Ausetani. Later, the Romans built a citadel there, which was given the name of Gerunda. The Visigoths ruled in Girona until it was conquered by the Moors in 715.