Castell de Palagret

The castle of Palagret or Mabarrera is in the middle of the Palagret valley, at the top of a small hill, at an altitude of 178 m, in the northernmost foothills of the Gavarres massif to the southeast of the center of Celrà and to the south- west of Juià. Strategically located to control the Roman-era road that allowed access to Girona from the Baix Empordà through the Gavarres. Important medieval vestiges of the licorella walls of a rectangular construction as well as pre-Romanesque elements are preserved from the castle. The preserved remains could be dated to the 10th and 11th centuries,[1] and its last occupants left the premises between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th.[2] It is a building in Celrà (Gironès) declared a cultural asset of national interest.