page_title: Montjuïc (Girona)
section_title: Montjuïc Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Montjuïc (Girona) / Montjuïc Castle
caption_attribution_description: Català: Un racó del castell de Montjuïc a Girona. Esperanto: Kastelo de Monĵuik en Ĝirono (Katalunio). Русский: Замок Монжуик в Жироне (Каталония). This is a photo of a monument indexed in the Catalan heritage register of Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional and the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-51-0005917.
context_page_description: Montjuïc is a hill of the ancient Catalan city of Girona, Spain. Montjuïc is located just to the north of the old quarter of the city, near the confluence of the Onyar, Galligants, and Ter rivers. Montjuïc is also the name of the present-day neighborhood and district of Girona on the hill. The name "Montjuïc" translates from medieval Catalan as "mountain of the Jews". The hill has an altitude of 219 m.
  For much of Girona's history, Montjuïc was uninhabited, the site of only the 17th century Montjuïc Castle defensive bastion and the medieval Jewish cemetery of the city. Girona's Montjuïc parallels the better-known Montjuïc in Barcelona: a large hill adjacent to the city with a large castle fortress at the top dating to the mid-17th century and a medieval Jewish cemetery.
context_section_description: Montjuïc Castle, located at the top of Montjuïc, was built by order of Philip IV of Spain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to protect the city of Girona.  Construction of the castle began in 1653, consisting of a central fortification and four outlying defensive towers at about 500 m distance.  The towers were named Sant Joan, Sant Daniel, Sant Narcís, and Sant Luís. The general plan of the central fortification is square, encompassed by four corner bastions.  The walls between the bastions are about 150 meters in length. An additional outlying defensive tower was built in 1812, named after its builder the French Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet.
  Montjuïc castle was used extensively in the Peninsular War (Spanish War of Independence) between Spain and France, 1808-1814.  In particular, the castle was destroyed and fell to the French in August 1809 during the 7-month long Third Siege of Girona. By order of Suchet, the castle was abandoned at the end of the war in 1814. In 1843, during the Catalan popular revolt "Jamància", Montjuïc Castle and the Suchet tower were destroyed by artillery on the orders General Juan Prim.
caption: The ruins of Montjuic Castle.
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