Calonge i Sant Antoni

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Empordà (Catalan: [əmpuɾˈða]; Spanish: Ampurdán [ampuɾˈðan]) is a natural and historical region of Catalonia, Spain, divided since 1936 into two comarques, Alt Empordà and Baix Empordà. The city of Figueres, an important urban and economic center of the Empordà, was designated the capital of Alt Empordà, while La Bisbal d'Empordà, following a more geographic and historical criteria, became the capital of Baix Empordà. Empordà has been the cradle for many pictoric schools, with surrealism standing out, including artists such as Salvador Dalí, Angel Planells, Joan Massanet and Evarist Vallès.

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Origins

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History

The region was already inhabited in the prehistory. There are a number of caves that served as a shelter for Paleolithic men in the Montgrí Massif; the most famous ones share the same name: "Cau Del Duc", one in Torroella and the other in Ullà. We also find important megalithic structures in Massís de les Gavarres or Massís de Cadiretes, as well as the dolmens in Fitor.

The Greeks established themselves very close to the actual region, in Roses (possibly a colony of Rhodes, though this is uncertain) in the 8th century BC and in Empúries at the beginning of the 6th century BC.

The Iberians built one of their main cities in Ullastret in the 6th century BC; the name of the tribe was Indigetes. But with the arrival of the Romans, a process of transformation was initiated that changed the occupational system and the economic exploitation of the territory, which led to the abandonment of Ullastret in the 2nd century BC.

The Baix Empordà was Romanized like all other places of the Roman Empire but that was followed by barbaric invasions in the 3rd and 5th centuries that notably impoverished the region and reduced their urban centers to the minimum expression.

There are many traces of the Romanization, but it is hard to envision the print of the Visigoths and the Arabs, because the proximity of the Kingdom of the Franks caused the creation of independent counties ruled by feudal lords.

The Muslim invasion actually lasted less than sixty years (714–785) and the old Hispano-Gothic population came back.

The administrative division of the Carolingian Empire divided the conquered Catalan territory in counties. While the north of the county and the current Alt Empordà was organised around the county of Empúries, the rest were regions or sub-regions of the Bishop of Girona, owner of extensive lands—especially in the Baix Empordà-, or baronies from branches of the Cardona vinculated to the county, to then be the maritime center of the county of Girona, from Begur to Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The first "drassanes" or shipyards where found in Empordà in the 10th century, as well as in Tortosa in 945, then ruled by Abd al-Rahman III.

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Gastronomy

La cocina del Ampurdán se la conoce como la cocina del mar y la montaña o también como la reserva gastronómica de Cataluña

La gastronomía del Ampurdán está influida por su naturaleza marítima, complementada con zonas de interior de secano, zonas de bosques de montaña y con las marismas de los deltas de los ríos Muga, Fluviá y Ter. Los elementos principales son el pescado, el cerdo, el embutido, las aves de corral y las verduras. La afluencia de turismo ha creado un sector de restauración destacable, que ha impactado en la oferta gastronómica con la creación de varios restaurantes de alta gama, entre ellos El Bulli de Ferran Adrià en Rosas.

Trails and hiking

•Ruta del Ter (GR 210, 220 km)

•Sender Històric: Catalunya (GR 1, 400 km)

Routes passing through Calonge i Sant Antoni

3 - Gran volta pel Baix Empordà Recorrido señalizado de 386 km, de Castell-Platja d'Aro a Bisbal d'Empordà, La, por 33 pueblos. 33 villages · 386 km · Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà

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