BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Governing Countess Ava
She was the only woman ever to govern Besalú. After the death of her husband, Miró I el Jove, in the year 927, she took responsibility for the county’s politics until her sons came of age

BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Master Abraham des Castlar
14th century Jew. He was one of the ten medical eminences of his time, according to Kalonymos ben Kalonymos. He was the doctor of King Pere III el Cerimoniós.

BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Ramon Vidal of Besalú
Troubadour who lived between the 12th and 13th century. Author of “The reasons for lyrical poetry”, which was considered to be one of the first grammars written in common language in the western world.

BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Count-Bishop Miró Bonfill
Well educated man with a good heart who lived at the end of the 10th century. In the year 977 he founded the churches of Sant Pere and Sant Vicenç de Besalú.

BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Pere Baró
Bridge engineer from Perpignan who was contracted in the year 1316 to oversee the construction of Besalú's bridge.

BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Joan de Roure
He spent the first half of the 14th century selling cloths in Besalú. He took the oath of office at the University of Besalú.

BESALÚ MEDIEVAL

Soldier for Bernat Tallaferro
Another main character shaping the history of Medieval Besalú in the 11th century. Like him, many other people worked for the Count who made Besalú one of the richest counties in the region.