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Monuments
Romanesque
Visitors are offered the essence of a millenary past, taking them
into a magical world of unique religious, civil and military constructions.
Visitors should not miss visiting the monasteries of Sant Pere
de Rodes, Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Santa Maria de Ripoll and
Sant Feliu de Guíxols, the church of Sant Cristòfor
in Beget, and the churches of Llanars, Molló, Santa Maria
de Porqueres and Santa Maria de Vilabertran. Not to forget the
historic centres of Girona, Santa Pau and Besalú.
Gothique
The thread of history goes on to offer us a valuable legacy in
the shape of remarkable buildings such as the church of Santa
Maria, in Castelló d'Empúries, known as the "Empordà
cathedral"; the convent of Sant Domènec, the cathedral
and some of the buildings in the old quarter of Girona,- the castle
and the Carmelite convent in Peralada; the parish church and Montgrí
castle, in Torroella de Montgrí, and the town centres of
Pals, Peratallada and Sant Martí d'Empúries, amongst
many others.
Baroque
This artistic current bears witness to the exquisite sensibility
of the society from which it arose, with examples in some of the
altarpieces in Girona cathedral and the parish churches of Cadaqués,
Palamós and Lloret de Mar; then there are imposing buildings
such as the Roses citadel or the Carmelite convent and the Hospital
of Sant Jaume in Olot, to name just a few examples.
Modernism
One of the jewels of Catalan architecture, which in the Girona
province can offer buildings as noteworthy as the Cusí
and Salleras houses in Figueres, the Serinyena house in Cadaqués,
the Casino dels Nois in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, the Armstrong
cork factory in Palafrugell, the Masramon and SW Morales houses
in Olot, the Masó and Ensesa houses and the La Punxa building
in Girona, the Vichy Catalán spa in Caldes de Malavella,
the Bonada and Sant Miquel de la Roqueta houses in Ripoll, and
the Casal in Camprodon.
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