Sant Martí d'Empúries

Sant Martí d'Empúries
Sant Martí d'Empúries
	Municipality
	Church of Sant Martí Empúries
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	Sant Martí d'Empúries Location in Catalonia
	Coordinates: 42°8′23.59″N 3°7′4.48″E / 42.1398861°N 3.1179111°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Alt Empordà
Population (2007)
• Total	47
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Sant Martí d'Empúries is an entity of the town of L'Escala. It is located next to the ruins of Empúries or Empòrion. Ancient Greeks established the settlement in the 6th century BC.^[1] It was the county seat until 1079 Empúries moved to Castelló d'Empúries place less exposed to attack.

History

It was an inhabited place since the arrival of Greeks from Phocaea in the 6th century BC. Greeks established a settlement there called it, Kypsela (Greek: Κύψελα). At the ancient times there is a possibility that there was a temple of Artemis on the island.^[1]

It was Christianized by Saint Feliu, an African martyr who died in 304 in Girona. He was bishop between 516 and 693. Charlemagne mentions Ermenguer as first Count of Empúries in 812.

References

1 2 Mierse, William E. (November 1999). Temples and Towns in Roman Iberia: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Sanctuary Designs, from the Third Century B.C. to the Third Century A.D. University of California Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0520203778.

External links

Sant Martí d'Empúries Parish. (in English) (in French) (in Spanish) (in Catalan)

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[Temples_and_Towns_in_Roman_Iberia-1] 1 2 Mierse, William E. (November 1999). Temples and Towns in Roman Iberia: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Sanctuary Designs, from the Third Century B.C. to the Third Century A.D. University of California Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0520203778.