Citadel

Address:Avinguda Rhode, 52. 17480 Roses
Telephone:972151466
Price: free of charge

Protected behind its imposing Renaissance gate, the vast pentagonal Ciutadella includes a museum highlighting its history. The grounds of the citadel, a curious mish-mash of eras, includes the layout of the original Greek streets on which it was erected and the remains of a seventeenth-century monastery built within the extensive, moat-lined walls.

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Ciutadella de Roses, Girona, Costa Brava

Roses Citadel, Girona, Costa Brava, Spain

Citadelle de Roses, Costa Brava

Museo de la Ciudadela de Roses, Costa Brava

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