Clots of Sant Julia (clot is a catalan word for "pit, hollow") is probably the most enigmatic rocks formation in the Costa Brava. It is located in a forest between the medieval villages of Vulpellac and Peratallada, inside the Ampurdan. These huge pits and walls where once used to extract stones to build other megaliths in the area (like Sant Sebastià de la Guarda or Ullastret). The most relevant rock is called the "Tro de la Reina" ("Queen Throne"), an ancient hypogeum with a hole in it from stone extraction, and which has the inscription of a cross in a inner wall.
Clots de Sant Julià Map
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Roca con forma de ballena en Clots de Sant Julià, Vulpellac
Trono de la Reina, Clots de Sant Julià, Vulpellac, Costa Brava
Clots de Sant Julià walls, Costa Brava
Carte pour arriver aux Clots de Sant Julià, Vulpellac, Costa Brava
Clots de Sant Julià
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