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Besalú
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Besalú

Catalonia (Girona) · Spain
Conjunto Histórico-Artístico Nacional (1966)
Coordinates
42.1986, 2.696
Population
2,592 (2025)
Elevation
151 m
Terrain
Riverside

Location

Besalú was the capital of the County of Besalú — whose count, Wilfred the Hairy, unified Catalonia — until it was absorbed into the County of Barcelona in 1111

Romanesque bridge with towerrestored medieval mikvehformer county capital
Getting There & Staying Nearby
Nearest airport
Girona–Costa Brava Airport 30 km
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Nearest station
Figueres 25 km — ~25 km north; bus connections to Besalú.
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Staying nearby
Garrotxa countryside rural houses and Girona province guesthouses
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12th-century Romanesque bridge with gatehouse tower, restored 11th-century mikveh, Sant Pere church (consecrated 1003)
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