Palamós

The first evidence of human settlement in the Palamós area is the Dolmen de Montagut, on the top of Montagut hill between Palamós and Vall-llobrega. Dating from the 3rd or 2nd millennium BC, this has 3 slabs in their original state and the remains of a tomb that these once covered.

Evidence exists of an early settlement lies around 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) north-east of the town, on a rocky promontory at the north end of Platja de Castell beach. The Castell de la Fosca is a stone settlement of the Iberian Indigetes people which seems to have been inhabited from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD.

Further south than the Castell de la Fosca, but still north of the current town and port, is the Castell de Sant Esteve de Mar. Archaeological evidence suggests that this site was occupied from the Roman period, and that the site was fortified in the twelfth century AD. By the thirteenth century, Peter II of Barcelona (also known as Peter III of Aragon) was looking to found a new port on the coast as the previous royal port in the region at Torroella de Montgrí on the River Ter had silted up. In 1277, he bought the castle and its estate, which included the site of the current port, with that in mind. As a consequence of the purchase, Palamos was founded and recognised as a village on 3 December 1279.

The site of the current port was used during the Roman period and before, but it was then disused until it was rebuilt after Peter's purchase of 1277. In 1285, the Battle of Les Formigues was fought near the Formigues Islands, just offshore from Palamós, resulting in a victory for the Catalan fleet over the French.

Palamós was the birthplace of Frederic Pujulà i Vallès (1877–1962), a journalist and dramatist who was a pioneer of Esperanto literature.

Palamós was served by the 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Palamós–Girona–Banyoles railway, which reached a junction with the Barcelona–Cerbère railway at Flaçà by 1887 and was extended to Girona by 1921. Service on the line continued until 1956.

•Castell de Sant Esteve de Mar

•Esfera de llum

•Dolmen de Puigsesforques

•Canó de ferro

•Vil·la romana del Collet

•Barca Valentina | Homenatge als pescadors

•El Vol (Manuel Clemente Ochoa)

•Rosa dels Vents

•Antiga Batería de Costa de Molí de Vent

•Convent dels Agustins de Palamós

•Boreas

•Claustre del Mas del Vent

•Museu de la Pesca

•Mirador de Can Xiribic

•Mirador de la Pedrera

•Punta del Molí

•Mirador de la Plaça Murada

•Mirador del Cap Gros

•Chapel de Carme

Patrimonio:

Casa Vilahur

Parroquia de Santa María del Mar

Museo de la Pesca

Capilla del Carmen

Radios:

Existe Ràdio Palamós (107.5 FM). Los estudios se encuentran en la calle Dídac Garrell i tauler n.º 3.

•Llotja del peix

•Mercat Municipal de Palamós — Avinguda de Catalunya 6-8

•Mercadillo de Sant Antoni de Calonge — Plaça dels Bullidors (We 08:00-14:00)

•Mercadillo de Palamós — Avinguda de Catalunya (Tu 08:00-14:00)

•Camí de Ronda

•Puig del Cargol (SL-C 26, 6.170 km)

•Puig ses Forques (SL-C 27, 7.540 km)

•Santa Maria de Bell-lloc (SL-C 28, 6.530 km)

•Mont-ras, cales i platges verges (18.5 km)

•Catalunya E09 (GR 92, 17 km)

•Catalunya E08 (GR 92, 23 km)

•Álvaro Daniel Rodríguez Muñoz, futbolista uruguayo

•Frederic Pujulà, escritor español

•Jordi Condom, futbolista español

•Salvador Albert, político español

•Janet Puiggròs

•José Fábrega Pou, político español

Alcaldía: Maria Puig Ferrer

Web oficial: http://www.palamos.cat/

16 paradas de autobús en el municipio:

•Sant Antoni de Calonge, Sud (dir. Girona)

•Sant Joan De Palamos (direcció Girona)

•Palamos, Hospital (direcció Palafrugell)

•Sant Antoni De Calonge Nord (direcció Palamos)

•Sant Antoni De Calonge, Sud (direcció Palamos)

•Avinguda de Catalunya (Gent Gran)

•Palamos, Hospital (direcció Girona)

•Sant Antoni de Calonge Nord (Dir. Palamós)

•Farmacia Farmàcia Rosanes Álvarez, Irene — Carrer de Xaloc 25

•Farmacia Farmàcia Costa — Avinguda de Catalunya 116

•Centre d'Assistáncia Sanitária Sant Antoni

•Farmacia Farmàcia Gomez Maestre, M.Carmen — Avinguda de Catalunya 3

•Farmacia Farmàcia Granell — avinguda Costa Brava 6-8

•Farmacia Farmàcia Josep Maria Borés Domènech — Passeig de Josep Mundet 33

•Farmacia Farmàcia Urquizu Aranaga, M. Josep — avinguda de Catalunya 3

•Farmacia Farmàcia Josep Baviera — Carrer Major 1

•Farmacia Farmacia Pons & Gascón — Carrer del Carmel 9

•Farmacia Farmàcia Victòria Clares — Avinguda del President Macià 62