In the region of Alt Empordà, we locate Sant Llorenç de la Muga in the upper Muga valley, in an area also known as the mountain Empordà or the Garrotxa d'Empordà due to its mountainous terrain.
The main purpose of the Fort de Bellegarde was to control and protect the strategic passage through the Pyrenees between France and Spain. For centuries, this region was disputed …