MURAILLES D'ENCEINTE VILA VELLA DE TOSSA DE MAR
The walls of the Vila Vella are the only example of a fortified medieval town on the Catalan coast.
In 1931, the walls of Vila Vella were declared a national historic and artistic monument. It is the only example of a fortified medieval town on the Catalan coast today. Its construction dates back to the early 13th century, and it retains its original perimeter in almost its entirety. It comprises 4 keeps and 3 cylindrical towers crowned with machicolations. The most famous towers are the tour d'en Joanàs; the tour des Heures, located near the entrance to the patio des armes, which owes its name to the fact that it was the only place where there was a public clock; and the tour d'es Codolar, or tower of Homage, which presides over the beach of Codolar. Note the magnificent portal at the entrance to the Vila Vella via the Patio des Armes. The interior of Vila Vella is made up of narrow, pleasant streets paved with pebbles. At the height of its splendor (15th century), the town consisted of some eighty houses. The old church of Sant Vicenç, in late Gothic style, was built in the 15th century on a Romanesque church dating from the 11th or 12th centuries. It has just one nave, with a polygonal altar area, a sacristy and a side chapel. At present, only the apse and sacristy roofs have survived. From the 16th century onwards, the population began to spread outside the walls. The first buildings were erected in the Sa Roqueta district and along the Royal Road.
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