May 19
L’Esquerda: Iberian and Visigoth archaeological site in Roda de Ter (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia).
This village was built by the Ausetani Iberian tribe between the 8th and 1st centuries BC, then it was abandoned.
Later, in the 7th century AD, a Visigoth town was established in the same place, because of its strategic location. In the 8th century AD, the Carolingian Franks reinforced the wall in L’Esquerda and other places around the area in order to stop the advance of the Moorish invasion. Around the 12th century, they built the Romanesque-style church whose one wall still stands. The Medieval town remained in use until the 13th century, when it was abandoned as a result of fights between feudal lords.
Source: lesquerda.cat.
