Peralada

Peralada municipality
Castle of Peralada
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Girona
Comarca :	Alt Empordà
Coordinates	42 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  E
Height :	25  msnm
Area :	44 km²
Residents :	1,850 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	42.05 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	17132
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Joan Padern i Casanovas
Website :	www.peralada.org

Peralada is a Catalan municipality in the province of Girona in northeastern Spain . It is located about seven kilometers northeast of Figueres , the capital of the Comarca Alt Empordà .

Community structure

Peralada consists of the following districts:

• Peralada
• Vilanova de la Muga
• Urbanización Club de Golf Perelada

Attractions

The Castell de Peralada , which was built in the 14th century and was the seat of the Rocabertí family , is now a casino, and a local wine and sparkling wine brand is named after the castle. The palace ensemble includes a 33,000 square meter park that was designed by the landscape architect François Duvilliers from 1877 onwards; Since May 2011, the castle park can be visited publicly as part of a guided tour.

Convent del Carme

The Convent del Carme , a 13th century monastery that houses three museums: the Museu del Vi (Wine Museum), the Museu del Vidre (Glass Museum) and the Bliblioteca de Peralada (Library of Peralada). The latter comprises over 80,000 volumes, including a 1000 volume collection of editions of Don Quixote .

The Sant Domènec monastery-museum with a Romanesque cloister from the 12th century is located in the historic center .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ramon Muntaner (1265–1336), mercenary, writer and politician
• Juan Tomás de Rocaberti (1627–1699), Archbishop of Valencia and Grand Inquisitor of Spain
• Melcior de Ferrer i de Manresa (1821-1884), composer
• Josep Serra i Bonal (1874–1939), musician and composer
• Josep Cervera i Bret (1883–1969), double bass player and composer
• Joaquim Serra i Corominas (1907–1957), composer and pianist

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  Juan Tomás de Rocaberti

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Peralada Castle opens its gardens for viewing. In: comprendes.de
3. ↑ Peralada (official information page of the city administration) ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Peralada  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Topographic map and data of the Generalitat of Peralada
• PERALADA (Alt Empordà) - ELEMENTS D'INTERÈS HISTÒRICO-ARTÍSTIC. In: poblesdecatalunya.cat (Catalan)