Castillo de Montjuic (Montjuic Castle), Girona

Castillo de Montjuic (Montjuic Castle) is a building in Girona declared a cultural asset of national interest. It is a modern fortress with bastions, from the 17th century. The plan of the castle has a square structure, with facades and covered paths throughout its perimeter, being strongly defended by four outer bastions or towers placed in the corners of the square. The main door is located on the south side in the direction of the city of Girona. Protecting the north and east flanks, the most exposed to external attack, there are two uncovered revells. There are few remains of the interior buildings around the armory, part of the bomb-proof barrel-vaulted rooms can be seen. It is built with masonry and limein corners and openings. Along with the fortress, four defensive towers are built: Sant Lluís to the north, Sant Daniel to the east, Sant Narcís to the northeast and Sant Joan to the southwest. Only the bases of these towers are preserved.

It was a bastion built on the strategic Montjuïc mountain by order of Felipe IV after the end of the War of the Reapers in 1653 to defend the accesses to the Pla de Girona from the north. In 1675, in the wars with Louis XIV, Montjuïc was taken by Marshal Schomberg.

It was of great use during the French War, especially in the three sieges that the city suffered (first siege of 1808, second siege of 1808 and siege of 1809). It was occupied by the French on June 11, 1811, being dynamited in 1814, at the end of the war, by order of Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet, after having built the Suchet tower in 1812. In 1843, a bombardment by General Prim destroyed it. It is located at the highest point of the Montjuïc mountain, 219 meters above sea level. Joan Francesc Molinas and Sicart iÁlvarez de Castro , were some of its governors.