Sant Julià de Ramis: Castellum Fractum and Ter Landscape

Culture

Castellum Fractum is an open-air archaeological site in Sant Julià de Ramis. The site has been converted into a museum and is open to visitors. A tour connects the Iberian settlement, the Roman fortress and the early Christian chapel of Sants Metges.

The chronological sequence is clear: the 6th-century BC Iberian settlement was followed several centuries later by the construction of Castellum Fractum between the middle of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century. Different historical phases therefore stand side by side in the same place.

Castellum Fractum was built between the middle of the 4th. It was founded on an Iberian settlement from the 6th century BC. The Sants Metges church was restored; the work was completed in 1997. The aim was to restore its original Romanesque structure.

The medieval Sants Metges complex is located on a ridge above the former uninhabited town centre. Today, the sarcophagus is inside the Sants Metges parish church. In 1972, it was still in the church cemetery near the original entrance.

The ridge marks the location of the medieval complex above the former town centre. The sarcophagus brings together its current and former locations: today it is in the parish church, while in 1972 it was still in the cemetery near the original entrance.

Visiting

Can Bóta serves as a service, reception and information point for people visiting Sant Julià mountain. The facility has a bar, an exhibition room and toilets.

Can Bóta therefore combines several functions related to visiting the mountain. The bar, exhibition room and toilets are mentioned there alongside the service, reception and information facilities.

Nature

The pel congost i la muntanya de Sant Julià de Ramis route follows a path along the Ter River. It leads to the summit of Sant Julià mountain. Explanatory information boards stand along the route.

The Congost del Ter is a natural river passage with ecologically valuable sections. In these areas, the river dynamics have remained partly little altered.

The route passes through agricultural land and poplar groves. It also runs through forests with holm oaks and chestnut trees, as well as areas with Aleppo pines. Birds are particularly noteworthy along the Ter.

The landscape changes several times along the route. Agricultural land and poplar groves stand alongside the forest types mentioned above; along the Ter, birdlife is an especially prominent component of the landscape.

Along the way

The Festa Major includes the Marxa dels Sants Metges, held since 1980. The hike leads to Sant Julià mountain and to the church of Sant Cosme and Sant Damià, known as the Sants Metges.

Other directly associated destinations are Montagut i Oix and Medinyà.

The TEISA Girona–Banyoles–Olot line stops in Sant Julià de Ramis at the N-II Restaurant Ca l’Eugènia stop in the direction of Trueta.

For the overarching travel overview: Girona.

More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Lloret De Mar, La Jonquera, Porqueres, Selva, Puigcerdá, Gerona.