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El Far D'Empordà

Sant Martí del Far Church and Castle

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El Far D'Empordà

Sant Martí del Far Church and Castle

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Location: El Far D'Empordà, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Sant Martí del Far Church – Dalí Theatre-Museum loop from Riumors

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2. View of the Pyrenees – Platja de L'Escala loop from Figueres

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3. Sant Martí del Far Church – Dalí Theatre-Museum loop from l'Armentera

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An Argentona

January 5, 2024

The temple of Sant Martí del Far, located at the highest part of the town, was part of the castle built at the end of the s. XIII.

It is a single nave church with a rectangular apse. The vault of the nave is pointed and followed, the presbytery has the same shape.

The cover, located to the west, has three semicircular arches in gradation, lintel and smooth tympanum.

The most remarkable element of this facade is the upper half-point arched window, of large dimensions and with saw-tooth decoration.

A saddle bell tower with two semicircular arches and an upper corsair supported by nine corbels complete this facade.

The walls of the apse rise above the level of its vault. In this area, on the roof, a set of long loopholes opens around this rectangular apse.

The upper part of the wall is finished by a corsera formed by small pointed arches.

The fortification of the apse and that of the bell tower on the front are from the same period as the rest of the temple; on the other hand, on the side walls of the nave are raised stone walls finished with rectangular battlements that correspond to a late reform, possibly from the 18th century.

On each of the side walls of the nave there are also five gargoyles and in the apse we find four with a very simple decoration.

The entire church presents a set of well-spaced ashlars that form perfectly consecutive rows.

In the upper part of the apse where the loopholes open there is a frieze made up of three rows of ashlars of a darker color that stands out within the monument as a whole.

The church of Sant Martí del Far has been documented since the 13th and 14th centuries.

It seems that it was rebuilt during the 13th century, when the Count of Empúries had the castle built.

It is a Romanesque temple that indicates the transition to the Gothic style.”

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Location: El Far D'Empordà, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Sant Martí del Far Church and Castle

1. Sant Martí del Far Church – Dalí Theatre-Museum loop from Riumors

2. View of the Pyrenees – Platja de L'Escala loop from Figueres

3. Sant Martí del Far Church – Dalí Theatre-Museum loop from l'Armentera

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