Guided tour: Altres camins de l'exili. L'Albera i el castell de Requesens

Other paths to exile. The Albera and the castle of Requesens

Visit to the Castle of Requesens

Saturday, November 3, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Requesens Castle, located in the municipality of La Jonquera, in the heart of the Albera Natural Park of National Interest, is a fortification of medieval origin (11th century), enlarged in the 13th century and, after its disuse from the 16th century, rebuilt at the end of the 19th century. It was linked to the county of Empúries, until the 15th century, and to that of Peralada-Rocabertí, until the 19th century.

The guided tour, by historians Lluís Serrano and Miquel Serrano, will include a tour of the two main sites, its historical evolution, the great reform of the nineteenth century, literary references to the castle during the first half of the twentieth century and the stage of the Civil War and the republican exile in the Albera.

Around the Castle there are different areas of interest of natural heritage (fauna and vegetation, with diversity of forest types) and also cultural and historical heritage, such as dolmens, churches, farmhouses, fountains, pre-industrial elements such as lime kilns, kilns of tiles and ice wells, the swamp, monumental trees, etc.

Limited places

Price: 4 EUR per person (entrance fee to the castle)

Registration for the MUME Tel. 972.556.533 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or through Jordi Cabezas, president of the Association of Friends of the MUME

tel. 629790906 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Meeting at the MUME at 10am

Start of the visit to Requesens Castle at 11am

Access with private vehicles