Castillo de Tossa de Mar

Name: Castillo de Tossa de Mar
Address: Passeig de Vila Vella, 1, Tossa de Mar, Tossa de Mar, ES
Telephone: +34 972 34 01 08

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Castillo de Tossa de Mar encloses Vila Vella in Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava. It is the coast’s only surviving fortified medieval settlement.

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Explore the only walled site beside the sea on the Costa Brava that visitors can visit.
Look for Codolar, ses Horas and en Joanàs, the enclosure’s three tallest towers.
See the surviving traces of the Gothic parish church of San Vicente.

Codolar TowerThe adjacent former governor’s palace now houses the municipal museum.At the western tower.
en Joanàs TowerThe tower is set into the rock almost above the sea.At the eastern end of the enclosure.

Know before you go Tips for your visit

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Almost all of the original 300-metre perimeter survives, including seven round towers.
Castillo de Tosa de Mar - Wikipedia
The walls and towers were built from local granite with lime and sand mortar.
Castillo de Tosa de Mar - Wikipedia
The towers were designed with three floors and stone-vaulted roofs, accessed from the wall walk.
Castillo de Tosa de Mar - Wikipedia
The original castle stood where the lighthouse is, but almost nothing of it remains.
Castillo de Tosa de Mar - Wikipedia

Iberian periodAn Iberian settlement occupied the headland.
12th–14th centuriesThe walls were built to defend against piracy.
1187The abbot of Ripoll ordered the wall erected and granted a charter permitting construction inside and outside the enclosure.
14th centuryThe surviving enclosure largely dates to a reconstruction during this century; further fortification works took place in 1371.
1931The walled site became a National Historic-Artistic Monument.

Entrance courtyardFrame the gate and the square that served as the old town’s entrance courtyard.Just inside the gate
Vila Vella housesPhotograph the 15th- and 16th-century houses, some retaining Gothic features.Along Vila Vella’s narrow streets

Where

Passeig de Vila Vella, 1, Tossa de Mar

Does the original castle still survive?

Almost nothing remains of the original castle. It stood where the lighthouse now stands; the surviving attraction is the medieval walled enclosure.

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