January 25 we went by car my girlfriend, my brothers and my mother, who was visiting, to Besalú, a small town of Girona with history.
soon as we arrived we with a huge medieval bridge, which reminded some Lord of the Rings.
Besalú is very old. The first record we have of him is of the tenth century At that time, he built a castle on a canonical, and in 902 became capital of the county. Certainly existed long before, but not mentioned in any text, as it often happens to many Catalan towns.
later became part of the house of Barcelona. In 1659, Spain was at war with the world, including neighboring France. Although Spain was winning, so war was finding it very expensive and the king decided to sign a peace treaty with the French very unfavorable. As a result of that treaty, Roussillon Catalonia lost a big chunk of its territory, which was administered by Besalú part.
addition, during the War of English Independence (ie, when it fought against the Napoleonic invasion, between 1808 and 1814), Besalú witnessed a battle where the English troops earned him the French.
a small street of the village:
The villagers try to decorate their streets.
Sometimes, rare forms:
After doing a bit of climbing until sitting in a chair in the photo above, I found this old block, located on the third floor of a house. The window is not wasted.
The old well:
A store inviting entry:
more corners of the town.
This house reveals her story many years ago decided to add a floor and a half after they died ivy.
This is perhaps the White Tree walled city. At his feet were placed plates with a poem in two versions, current and old Catalan Catalan. I did not understand much of the latter.
Behind us, a scenario prepared by the afternoon I would feast in the village. We, meanwhile, tried a typical sweet wine and we went shopping, well kept, in the square.
kept walking. Although it was winter, it was hot, about hunger and lacked the strength to go on top. It's a shame, because it is probably the oldest. But all we really wanted to cross the bridge. We got
the river ...
... and we reentered Besalú.
The next picture is a bit scary, but it is one of the people who sometimes appear Besalú.
whole village was dancing Sardana next to the church. The Sardana, a typical Catalan dance, has two basic steps (short and long), and to have no mucha dificultad.
El puente es lo que más me gustó de Besalú. No había visto nunca un puente tan imponente y tan medieval. Aunque, de hecho, una parte tuvo que ser reconstruida en los 60, porque durante la Guerra Civil la dinamitaron para impedir el paso.
La vista desde el puente:
En Besalú también nos podemos encontrar con alguna modelo paseando por allí:
Uno de los pilares del puente, que parece tener un tipo de escalera que viene water and do not lead anywhere.
Another tower of the bridge. This looks like a face:
The bridge, from the level of the river
Castellfollit Since we went to the rock, other people very curious. From the road we took a last look at Besalú, a great people that I recommend visiting.
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