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I have taken a nighttime photographic walk through the Girona Cathedral and its surroundings, visiting some of the charming corners and alleys of the Barri Vell, as can be seen in this report in La Vanguardia's Readers' Photos.
The snapshots convey the serene nocturnal influence of the city's old town. Since ancient times, the night has been divided into three parts and each of them corresponded to a canonical hour. The division into three parts was also used in the armies of the Roman Empire and its use was linked to the planning of surveillance patrols, the duration corresponding to the consumption of the torch (torch) that most likely illuminated them during the guard. From there arose this concept of "nocturnal", a word of Latin origin, "nocturni", initially applied to nighttime services.
The Barri Vell of Girona forms a historical-artistic ensemble declared a Cultural Property of National Interest. It includes a large part of the old city, that is to say, the sector located between the Gironella Tower and the Onyar River.
It is delimited by an imaginary line that, starting from the Gironella Tower, follows the entire 14th century wall to the Portal del Carme, and goes back along Portal Nou street to Sant Martí Sacosta. It includes the entire Ciutadans street from Plaça del Oli to Plaça del Vi.
Next, continue along Calle de la Força, turn off to include the Collegiate Church of Sant Feliu, continue towards the Monastery of Sant Pere de Galligans, from there you will find the wall and return, along the Paseo Arqueológico towards the Torre Gironella .
The core of ancient Girona is formed by the fortified area of Força Vella, which formed a triangle limited by the beginning of Força street, the Gironella Tower and the Sant Feliu square, and which in its layout coincided with the limits of the Iberian and Roman Girona.
