The viscounty of Cabrera was articulated through a network of castles and fortified houses, which served as the seats of political and military power for the nobility during the Middle Ages. This defensive system was supplemented by a number of walled villages and watchtowers.
Hostalric appears in documents in 1106 as Ostalrico or Quota. However, we do not know whether the settlement already had walls at that time. In the following century, King James I the Conqueror granted Viscount Guerau V of Cabrera permission to hold a market in the town, and between 1242 and 1243 the charter of settlement of Hostalric was signed. Therefore, the defensive structure that we still see today most likely dates from the 13th and 14th centuries. Six hundred linear metres of fortified walls with eight towers survive, as well as the Portal de les Hortes (the only gate of the wall to have remained in its original state), the Portal de Barcelona (reconstructed), and outside the walls the Tower of the Friars and the Convent Tower.
The Hostalric – Massanes section is an easy route of approximately 4.5 kilometres in length, linking the urban centres of…
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