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PALAMOS
Girona Old Town
PLAÇA
1 Església de Sant Pere de Galligants SANT
PERE
2 Banys Àrabs Sant
3 Església de Sant Feliu C BELLAIRE Nicolau Església de Sant
4 Catedral C BARCA Pere de Galligants
(Museu Arquelògic)
5 Museu d’Art
6 Museu d’Història de Girona Jardi C SANT DANIEL
Dr. Figueras
7 Museu d’Història dels Jueus Sant Feliu Banys PL Riu Galligants
Àrabs
JURATS
PLAÇA
SANT Passeig Arqueològic
FELIU
Casa PASSEIG REINA JOANA
Pastors Catedral
PL DE LA
CATEDRAL
Riu Onyar
Pia Museu
Almoina d'Art
C CALDERES
Museu C. CALL
C JOSÉ CANALEJAS
Pont de d'Història
Manuel de Girona SANT
GIRONA Gòmez LLORENÇ
NEW TOWN C FORÇA
0 metres 250 BALLESTERIES
PL SANT
Airport Museu d’ DOMÈNECH
0 yards 250 13km (8 miles) Història
Train station Pont de dels Jueus
1km (0.5 mile) Sant
Augusti
PLAÇA
INDEPENDENCIA
Oficina de Tourisme
(Oficina de Tourismo)
For keys to symbols see back flap 300m (330 yards)
e Girona been turned into the Passeig Feliu. The church, begun in the
Arqueològic (Archaeological 14th century, was built over
Girona. * 98,000. k £ @
n Rambla de la Llibertat 1, 972 01 Walk), which runs around the city. the tombs of St Felix and St
00 01. ( Tue, Sat. _ Sant Narcís The walk starts on the north Narcissus, both patrons of
(late Oct). ∑ girona.cat/turisme side of the town, near the the city. Next to the high altar
Església de Sant Pere de are eight Roman sarcophagi
This handsome town puts on its Galligants (St Peter of the Cock embedded in the apse wall.
best face beside the Riu Onyar, Crows). The church now holds the Despite their name, the
where tall, pastel-coloured city’s archaeological collection. nearby Banys Àrabs (Arab Baths),
buildings rise above the water. From here a narrow street lit by a fine octagonal lantern,
Behind them, in the Old Town, into the old part of town were built in the late 12th
the Rambla de la Llibertat is lined passes through the north gate, century, about 300 years after
with busy shops and street cafés. where huge Roman foundation the Moors had left.
The houses were built in the stones are still visible. They
19th century to replace sec tions mark the route of the Via E Museu d’Història dels Jueus
of the city wall damaged during Augusta, the road that originally Carrer de la Força 8. Tel 972 21 67 61.
a seven-month siege by French ran from Tarragona to Rome. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat (Jul & Aug:
troops in 1809. Most of the rest of The most popular place of to 8pm; Sep–Jun: to 2pm). Closed 1 &
the ramparts, first raised by the devotion for the people of 6 Jan, 25 & 26 Dec. & 8 7
Romans, are still intact and have Girona is the Església de Sant ∑ girona.cat/call
Amid the maze of alleyways
and steps in the Old Town is the
former, partially restored, Jewish
quarter of El Call. The Museu
d’Història dels Jueus gives a
history of Girona’s Jews, who were
expelled in the late 15th century.
R Cathedral
Open 10am–6:30pm daily (Jul–Aug:
to 7:30pm; Nov–Mar: to 5:30pm). &
free Sun. ∑ catedraldegirona.cat
The style of Girona Cathedral’s
solid west face is pure Catalan
Baroque, but the rest of the
building is Gothic. The single
Painted houses crowded along the bank of the Riu Onyar in Girona nave, built in 1416 by Guillem
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp565–7 and pp588–90
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