La Fosca

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The beach of La Fosca

La Fosca is a beach in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. La Fosca is between Palamós and . Throughout most of the year very few people live there, but in summer the population of La Fosca grows quickly.

La Fosca is located at the northern end of a large bay, which is popular for swimming, sailing and windsurfing. The town is by-passed by the C31 which connects the coastal towns of the central Costa Brava with Girona. Palafrugell lies 8.5 km to the north and Castell-Platja d'Aro 7 km to the south.

La Fosca beach is known for the enormous rock in the middle of it, which separate the beach in two beaches: La fosca beach and patja del carrer. Just in one side of the beach, there's a ruined castle called the .

Cala S'Alguer, Palamós

The Castle of Sant Esteve[]

The castle of Sant Esteve

The is a ruined castle perched atop a cliff in the town of Palamós, in Baix Empordà, between the beach of La Fosca and . Only some bases tower and some walls remain, and is currently surrounded by a fence that prevents access to visitors. It is accessed from a path leading from the beach of Fosca.

History[]

The castle was built on a Roman villa which, in turn, was probably built on an Iberian settlement. The first documents that cite the thirteenth century, when , first mayor of Palamós, bought in the Cathedral of Girona in 1277 on behalf of King Peter III of Aragon; belonged to the parish of . During the Middle Ages it possessed different feudal lords: , , (Barcelona), his son and finally Berenguer de Cruïlles, important feudal lord of Empordà, who bought it from the previous owner Barcelona 20,000 salary.

Coordinates: 41°51′25″N 3°08′31″E / 41.857°N 3.142°E / 41.857; 3.142

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