6 Sights in Caldes de Malavella, Spain (with Map and Images)

Sant Esteve de Caldes is a church in the town of Caldes de Malavella included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It had been the possession of the monastery of Sant Salvador de Breda. It is mentioned as early as 1058, in a restitution made by the Countess Ermesindis to Berenguer Dalmau, Bishop of Girona. Other documents that cite it are from the twelfth century, the thirteenth century (1264), the fourteenth century (1362) and the seventeenth century (1691). Also noteworthy is a Roman tombstone found when lifting the slabs from the ground in a last reform, in memory of "Lucio Emiliano Celaciano, of the Quirina tribe", and the sarcophagus with inscription, a tombstone from 1270 commemorating Berenguer Lambardus. The bell tower has been modified as well as the church, which has undergone different reforms over the centuries. The side chapels and the main façade are the result of eighteenth-century reforms.

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The Camp dels Ninots is located at the western end of the municipality of Caldes de Malavella. Its name is due to the silicifications of opal that, when they grow, generate various rounded shapes called menilites, popularly known as ninots.

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The Castle of Caldes de Malavella is a fortification located to the northeast of the town of Caldes de Malavella (Selva), on top of the hill known as Sant Grau. It is a work declared a cultural asset of national interest.

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The hermitage of Sant Grau is located in the town centre of Caldes de Malavella, at the top of the hill of the same name and right next to the Roman baths. On the same hill there could have been the castle of Caldes mentioned in documents of the eleventh century. On October 3, the festival is celebrated. It is a work that is part of the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. The origin of the chapel is not known, but it could have been part of the castle of Caldes both because of its location, near the thermal baths where the castle is built, and also because of the configuration of its rear wall, made of stone in a row wall and loophole.

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Sant Maurici de Malavella is a religious building located on the outskirts of the town of Caldes de Malavella (Selva). It is part of the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. It is located on the hill of the same name, very close to the remains of the old apse of the primitive church, the remains of the Castle of Malavella and those of the twelfth-century wall. Taking advantage of this wall there is an oratory outside the Virgin of Lourdes.

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The Malavella Castle is a building in the municipality of Caldes de Malavella (Selva) declared a cultural asset of national interest. It is located on the outskirts of the town centre, about three kilometres away, next to the hermitage, also private, of Sant Maurici. It is built on an elevated area, with large ashlars of basalt stone and irregular structure, only remains of the north, east and south walls remain. In the west there is only rubble.

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