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- Watercolor Museum
- Romanesque Tower
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- Castle-Abbot's Palace
- Tree of Liberty
- Main square tree stone surround
- Fortified House
- Chapel of Mare de Déu del Port
- Castellar Islet
- "Banc de peix"
- "The Tower" Windmill
- Shelter on former "Plaça de la República"
- Tamarisk on Grifeu beach
- Cap de Ras Bunker
- Argilera Bunker
- Original Walled Enclosure
- Sant Genís del Terrer
- Sant Silvestre Hermitage
- Sant Martí de Vallmala
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- Sant Vicenç Church (12th century)
- Romanesque Tower 13th-14th centuries
- Walled Enclosure
- Defence Towers
- Tower of "Homenatge" 13th-14th centuries
- Castle-Abbot's Palace, Original 11th-century building
- Church Sant Vicenç (S.XVII-XVIII)
- The Vicarage
- Curates House
- Hospital
- Main square tree stone surround 17th century
- Fortified House (17th-18th centuries)
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- Castle of Sant Ferran (Figueres)
- Empordà Museum (Figueres)
- Toy's Museum of Catalonia (Figueres)
- Tortoise's reproduction Center (Garriguella)
- Peralada Castle - Museu
- Santa Maria de Vilabertran
- elBulli1846 museum (Roses)
- Roses Citadel
- Butterfly Park (Empuriabrava)
- Ecomuseum- Farinera (Castelló d'Empúries)
- Ruïnes d'Empúries(L'Escala)
- Monesteri at Sant Quirze de Colera (Rabós)
- Requesens Castle (Cantallops)
- Museu de l'Exili (La Jonquera)
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- Llançà tree's - Un open-air museum
- The Dry Stone Route
- From Llançà to Sant Genís del Terrer
- From Valleta to Sant Silvestre and Sant Genís
- Puig d’Esquers 1
- Puig d’Esquers (2)
- Glen of Sant Pere de Rodes
- Cap de Ras
- Font d’en Falcó
- Llançà Medieval
- Llançà and Cap de Creus Natural Park
- Half Marathon of Albera de Llançà
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- Platja Gran del Futaner
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- Platja del Port
- Platja Sota del Parador
- Platja de l'Alguer
- Platja de Sant Jordi
- Platja de l'Argilera
- Platja de La Gola
- Platja de les Carboneres
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- Main square tree stone surround
- Fortified House
- Chapel of Mare de Déu del Port
- Castellar Islet
- "Banc de peix"
- "The Tower" Windmill
- Shelter on former "Plaça de la República"
- Tamarisk on Grifeu beach
- Cap de Ras Bunker
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- Original Walled Enclosure
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Tree of Liberty
TREE OF LIBERTY 13th-14th centuries
Planted in 1870. The Tree of Liberty (or “Main Square Tree”) is a robust, graceful deciduous plane tree (Platanus hybrida) of about 25 metres high which casts welcome shade in spring and summer.
The origin of the name dates back to the French Revolution in 1789, when trees were planted on public squares all over Western Europe as a symbol of the freedoms attained by the people.
The Tree of Liberty was planted in 1870, according to Joan Baptista Seriñana, who noted the event in his Libreta de memorias among other items of news.
In 1939, a local priest named Father Trigàs prevented members of Franco’s army from felling the tree.