Lava flowed down the valley, past Sallent de Santa Pau to the Gibert mill.
Garrotxa |
Abida cylindrica is restricted to a small area consisting of the Garrotxa and Alt Empordà regions in Spain as well as the adjacent Coustouges region in France.
The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory was roughly the same size as the current comarca of Garrotxa but sometime extended as far as Corbières, Aude, in France.
The original pagus comprised the territories of Garrotxa and those neighbouring Montgrony and Setcases in the comarca of Ripollès as far as Agullana and Figueres (in Alt Empordà) and Banyoles in Pla de l'Estany.