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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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Colera is a small coastal village on the northern Costa Brava, in the comarca of Alt Empordà, between Portbou and Llançà near the French border. Sheltered in a quiet bay where the Albera mountains meet the Mediterranean, it offers uncrowded pebble beaches, clear waters and a laid‑back atmosphere even in high season. It has very beautiful beaches, such as Garbet, Borró, Assutzenes, Portes, Morts, Goixa, Carbassó and Cala Rovellada.
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The town of Sant Miquel de Colera was built anew at the end of the 18th century. During the Civil War (1936-39), the entire area of the church was destroyed by bombing. Many of the houses that surrounded the temple were rebuilt, while the church had to be redone again.
It is about the ruined remains of the Molinàs castle tower. A rectangular enclosure can be seen, of which two building bodies are preserved. The perimeter walls of the fortification have been preserved irregularly. The characteristics of the building, the castle tower, for the diaphragm arcades, for the interior rooms and the appearance of other elements, such as the tall arrowheads and the matacà, probably date back to the late medieval period, perhaps from the 12th century or early 13th century. It is a construction of a popular and rustic nature that takes advantage of the remains of a large tower or watchtower much earlier
Molinàs is an uninhabited population center. This place was born at the same time as Sant Miquel de Colera in the last third of the 18th century. The neighborhood was depopulated 200 years later, due to ravages and calamities such as phylloxera or the 1956 frost
it was the old parish church of the town of Colera in Alt Empordà, until it was moved to the seaside in the 18th century. The first certain news of the temple are from the 11th century.
Platja d'Assutzenes
It has a length of 93 m and an average width of 18 m, of fine sand, gravel and pebbles. The name Assutzenes refers to another plant that grows there, the white lily (Lilium candidum).
It has a length of about 100 m and an average width of 10 m, of coarse sand, and is separated into two coves by some rocks that almost reach the sea. It is a nudist beach. It can be reached by walking from Borró beach.
It has a length of 45 m and a width of 5 m. Oriented to the southeast, the surface of the beach is composed of thick, dark-colored sand.
Made up of sand, gravel and pebbles. It has a width of 33 meters and a length of 449 meters. In its central sector there is an incipient climbing dune. This beach faces east and is at the bottom of a large bay with the same name: Garbet Bay. At the southern end there is a rock in the sea called Cavall Bernat.
It is an urban beach. bounded to the north by a rocky outcrop and to the south by Playa dels Morts. It has a length of 147.7 m and an average width of 15.7 m, with very coarse sand and a moderate entrance slope to the water.
it is an urban beach, limited to the north by Goixa Beach, and to the south by Portes Beach and Port de Colera. It has a length of 154.7 m and an average width of 38.6 m, of sand, gravel and pebbles. It has all the usual services in an urban beach. There is a beach bar on the beach itself and numerous restaurants on the promenade a few meters to the right.
It is divided into two sectors, separated by rocks, of 61 and 26 m in length, respectively. It is oriented to the southeast, the surface of the cove is composed of gravel, grey in colour.
platja de les Barques
It is an urban beach in the municipality of Colera (Alt Empordà) located in the bay of Colera, in the urban core, bordering the beach of the Dead to the north and the port of Colera to the southeast. It is the town's main beach, which runs parallel to the promenade and has all kinds of services. It has a length of 130 m and an average width of 30 m, of medium-grained sand. It has an area suitable for dogs.
Cala Rovellada
Rovellada beach is a small semi-urban beach in the housing estate of the same name, one kilometer northeast of the city center. It has a length of 40 meters and a width of 10 m. It is made up of dark colored pebbles. It is oriented to the south, protected from the north wind.
In Garbet Bay, between Garbet Beach and Borró Beach, at the foot of a cliff. It has a length of 90 m, gravel and pebbles.
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