The Sant Llorenç de la Muga Waterwheel is a historical vestige that represents the traditional hydraulic engineering used for irrigation in the region. Although it no longer fulfills its original …

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Francesc Garcia - MONTFRANC

December 15, 2022

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In October 2009, a fountain was inaugurated that the council commissioned Manel de l´Enconjunta, a neighbor and stonecutter of the town, to design it, in the image and likeness of the one that had been there place at the beginning of the last century – it stopped working seventy years ago. The author of the project described this water lily as a "nostalgic water monument".

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2. Parish Church of Sant Llorenç – Pont Vell loop from Sant Llorenç de la Muga

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3. Lion's Head Fountain – Parish Church of Sant Llorenç loop from Sant Llorenç de la Muga

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Elevation 160 m

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Location: Sant Llorenç De La Muga, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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