Monells central square

Address:Plaça Jaume I. 17121 Monells
Price: free of charge

Monells Vaults are in the main square Plaça Major in Monells, a delightful medieval village that remains intact since that time. Here was celebrated the weekly market, and its importance was such that King James I the Conqueror set aside in this square the "pedra mitgera" a stone receptacle that was a standard measure of capacity for all the bishopric Girona. Today the square keeps a 1818 reproduction in the same place.



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