Tossa de mar
The walled enceinte of Vila Vella has been declared as a National Historic-Artistic Monument and it is today the unique example of a medieval fortified village on the Catalan coast still standing. The original construction dates back to the end of the 12th century or beginning of the 13th , but its actual aspect is the result of the reconstruction carried out during 1387. The almost totality of the original perimetre, with dry-stone battlemented ramparts, four big towers and three round ones finished off with machicolations at the top, have been preserved till our days. During the years of greatest splendour these ramparts reached to lodge a gothic styled church, today in ruins, and about eighty houses. The Municipal Museum is occupying the old Governors house, the most noble medieval building in the walled enceinte. The walls defended the village in multiple occasions, especially during the persistent and severe attacks of the pirates during the 16th century.
