Bellcaire d'Emporda castle.
The castle-palace of Bellcaire, located on the top of the village, is square with a central courtyard and grounds sloping walls parallel to the building with six round towers, one at each corner and two more in the center of the walls N and W respectively. All elements are quite damaged fortifications (towers are the best preserved of the SE and SW corners). The entire west wing is occupied by a building body, possibly higher class, consisting of four arches diaphragm aimed initially supported a coffered ceiling, replaced by a Baroque vaults with lunettes plaster moldings. The castle-palace of Bellcaire is the work of Count Ponç V of Empúries (1277-1313) who lived normally and possibly was buried.
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Location: Plaça Comtes d'Empuries, 1; Bellcaire d'Emporda; Baix Emporda; Girona; Catalonia; Spain.
Photo credit: © Jordi Sans Galitó / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: ages, architecture, baix, bellcaire, building, castle, catalonia, emporda, fortified, girona, gothic, medieval, middle, monument, palace, spain, tourism, tower, travel, wall
