Espolla

Espolla is a Catalan municipality in the province of Girona, northeastern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Alt Empordà.

Location

Espolla is located a few kilometers east of the Autopista AP- 7 is removed and is located northwest of the congregation Rabós, north of Mollet de Peralada, northeast of Sant Climent Sescebes, east of Capmany and southeast of Cantallops.

Economy

The community is dominated by agriculture and there are mainly cultivated grapevines and olive trees; the harvested grapes and olives are processed into wine and olive oil in the local cooperative and marketed under the guarantee of origin Empordà.

Attractions

  • Camp d' urnes, burial ground from the IX -VIII. Century BC
  • Dolmen del Barranc from the megalithic culture
  • Sepulcre de la Cabana Arqueta, dolmen of megalithic
  • Sepulcre de la Font del Roure, dolmen of megalithic
  • Església de Sant Jaume, Church of the eighteenth. century
  • Ermita de Sant Martí de Baussitges, Romanesque hermitage from the tenth century
  • Ermita de Sant Genís d' Esprac, Romanesque hermitage from the XII- XIII. century
  • Castell d' Espolla, remnants of the former castle of the XIII. century

Gallery

Weinfeld and olive grove

Church of Sant Jaume

Dolmen de la Cabana Arqueta

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