Ullastret | |
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| Coordinates: 42°00′02″N3°04′07″E / 42.000548°N 3.068483°E | |
| Country | |
| Community | |
| Province | Girona |
| Comarca | Baix Empordà |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Josep Miquel Gatius Callís (2015) [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2018) [3] | |
| • Total | 286 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Ullastret (Catalan pronunciation: [uʎəsˈtɾɛt] ) is a small historic village on the Bay of Empordà located some 5 km northeast of La Bisbal d'Empordà, in Catalonia.
In prehistoric times the village was probably on an island in the former 3 km2 lake, known as Llac d'Ullastret or Estany d'Ullastret, connected by a causway, but the lake dried up in the 19th century. [4]
It is home to ancient Iberian archaeological remains, in particular much of the thick walls around the village are ancient. There is a medieval church known from the 9th century, dedicated to SS. Paul and Peter. The economy is based mostly on tourism and agriculture.
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Anna Pujol Puigvehí. Historian, professor and archaeologist. Bachelor of Arts from the University of Barcelona (1970), with the thesis “The Indiketes as the literary and archaeological sources”, Dr. summa cum laude in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona with the doctoral thesis on the “Pre-Roman Population of the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Genesis and development of Iberian culture in the Girona and south of France lands” (1981). She has taught at the Autonomous University of Barcelona for over 15 years, and has been Associate professor of Archaeology and Ancient History of the UOC. She won a Chair of Professor of History of Secondary Schools in 1981.