EMPORDA and surroundings



AUTÈNTIC EMPORDÀ GUIDED TOURS

Albons Bellcaire d’Empordà Foixà Fontclara La Bisbal d’Empordà
Canapost Casavells Corçà Clots de Sant Julià Canet Cruïlles Marenyà Matajudaïca Monells Palau-Sator Parlavà Pals Peratallada La Pera Púbol Rupià Sant Iscle d’Empordà Sant Julià de Boada Sant Sadurní de l’Heura La Tallada d’Empordà Tor Ullastret Ultramort Verges Vulpellac

Agullana Castell Sant Ferran fortress Dali's Museum Figueres Maçanet de Cabrenys Lladó Llers L'Escala Les Escaules Peralada Pont de Molins Riumors Sant Miquel de Fluvià Sant Tomàs de Fluvià La Vajol Vilabertran Viladamat Vilanova de la Muga Ventalló

Besalú Porqueres Banyoles Cervià de Ter Le Boulou Maureilles Céret Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines

4/13/2009

Viladamat



Viladamat has a Latin origin, Vila d’Amat (the farm-house of Amatus) Remains of this Roman period have been found in the village and its surroundings.
South of the village, the Roman villa of Tollagassos has been excavated recently It is considered one of the first agrarian settlements on the district built by the Romans. Some pottery and silos from the same period have been found in the urban area of Viladamat.
First written document referring to the village is from year 1060, in a donation made by the countess Guisla to the cathedral of Girona. One of the counts of the independent county of Empúries, Ponç the 1st, donated a farmhouse in Viladamat to the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes in 1078. Then, in 1280, Guillem de Mongrí sold the jurisdiction of Viladamat to the same monastery.


The parish church of Sant Quirze is a building from the 18th C. with one nave and side chapels. The façade presents a large rectangular portal dated in 1760.

Closed to the church there are some remains of the palace where the delegated monk from the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes was living. Probably the building was destroyed by a fire during the Catalan Civil War in 1467.

Through the streets of the old quarter of Viladamat many houses from the 16th C. can be admired, Gothic-Renaissance style windows and arched entrances.

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