Bellcaire d'Empordà

Bellcaire d'Empordà is mentioned in a document from the year 881 under the name: Bedenga. Later it belonged to the county of Empúries and was the usual residence of the counts from the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century. Like most of the towns on the Empordà plain, Bellcaire is perched on top of a small hill from which the plain is dominated, which, to the north, had been occupied by the Bellcaire lake. This lake, like many others in the area, was drained in the mid-18th century in order to use the land for farming. The town is crossed by the Rec del Molí which is used for irrigation but which, in the past, was used to provide hydraulic energy to the various mills in the area and, in particular, the Bellcaire one.