Castelló d'Empúries () is a town and municipality in the
Alt Empordà
Alt Empordà (; ; "Upper Empordà") is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) located in the Comarques Gironines, Girona region, in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of two comarques into which Empordà was divided by the comarca division of Catalo ...
in
Girona
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,
Catalonia
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,
Spain
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. It lies 9 km east of
Figueres
Figueres (; ) is the capital city of Alt Empordà county, in the Girona region, Catalonia, Spain.
The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Dalí Theatre and Museum, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which att ...
.
History
In 1079, Castelló d'Empúries became the capital of the
Empúries county due to the previous capital,
Sant Martí d'Empúries
Sant Martí d'Empúries is an entity of the town of L'Escala. It is located next to the ruins of Empúries or Empòrion. Ancient Greeks established the settlement in the 6th century BC. It was the county seat until 1079 Empúries moved to Cas ...
, being too easily sacked by pirates.
The old town is somewhat dwarfed by the neighboring urbanisation of
Empuriabrava, on the coastline of the
Costa Brava
The Costa Brava (; ; "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Sources differ on the exact definition of the Costa Brava. Usually it can be regarded as stretching from the town of Blanes, northeas ...
.
Notable people
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Pilar Nouvilas i Garrigolas
Pilar Nouvilas (Castelló d'Empúries, March 6, 1854 - Barcelona, 1938) was a Spanish painter from Catalonia.
Early life and education
Pilar Nouvilas i Garrigolas was born in Castelló d'Empúries. She was the daughter of Josep Anton Nouvilas ...
(1854-1938), painter
See also
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County of Empúries
The County of Empúries (, ), also known as the County of Ampurias (), was a medieval county centred on the town of Empúries and enclosing the Catalan region of Peralada. It corresponds to the historic ''comarca'' of Empordà.
After the Fr ...
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Empúries
Empúries ( ) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. The city Ἐμπόριον (, Emporion, meaning "trading place", ''cf.'' emporion) was founded in 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea. After the invasion o ...
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Empuriabrava
References
External links
Castelló d'Empúries-Empuriabrava (espai web de l'Ajuntament)Government data pages
Municipalities in Alt Empordà
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