Peralada () is a village in the
province of Girona
Girona (; es, Gerona ; french: Gérone) is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the ...
,
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
, Spain. It was the home of the Frankish Counts of Peralada who controlled this portion of the
Marca Hispanica
The Hispanic March or Spanish March ( es, Marca Hispánica, ca, Marca Hispànica, Aragonese and oc, Marca Hispanica, eu, Hispaniako Marka, french: Marche d'Espagne), was a military buffer zone beyond the former province of Septimania, esta ...
before becoming part of the lands held by the
Count of Barcelona
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.
Figueres
Figueres (, ; , es, Figueras, ) is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museu ...
is 6.5 km to the west,
Roses
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13.6 km to the south east. The N-260 to the south connects Figueres with
Portbou
Portbou () is a town in the Alt Empordà Comarques of Catalonia, county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of people ().
Portbou is located near the France, French France–Spain border, border in the Costa Brava r ...
and the French border.
The local economy is based on tourism, winemaking and dairy farming.
Since 1987 a festival of music has been held in Peralada.
Main sights
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The castle, restored in the 19th century in French style.
*Parish church of St. Martin (18th century). Of the previous medieval edifice, the bell tower has survived.
*Convent of St. Dominic (11th century). The church interior has capitals with biblical, flower and geometrical themes.
*Church of ''Santa Eulàlia'' (15th century)
*''Convent del Carme'' (1293), with a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
cloister from the 14th century
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Celler Peralada
Celler Perelada is an emblematic building in Peralada and state of the art in leaving a minimum environmental impact during winemaking process. It is committed to environmental balance within the DO Empordà (DO), Empordà and the first winery in E ...
References
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External links
Spanish Tourism Board Official Website in EnglishGovernment data pages
Municipalities in Alt Empordà
Populated places in Alt Empordà
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