Editing Palamós (section)

==History==
The first evidence of human settlement in the Palamós area is the {{ill|Dolmen de Montagut|ca}}, on the top of Montagut hill between Palamós and [[Vall-llobrega]]. Dating from the 3rd or 2nd millennium BC, this has 3 slabs in their original state and the remains of a tomb that these once covered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vall-llobrega.cat/el-poble/llocs-d-interes/item/vestigis-prehistorics |title=Vestigis prehistòrics |language=ca |trans-title=Prehistoric remains |publisher=Ajuntament de Vall-llobrega |access-date=21 November 2022 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121114417/https://www.vall-llobrega.cat/el-poble/llocs-d-interes/item/vestigis-prehistorics}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Les Gavarres: 50 indrets amb encant |language=ca |trans-title=Les Gavarres: 50 charming places  |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1018111991 |publisher=Farell |date=2017 |edition=1st |location=Sant Vicenç de Castellet, Barcelona |isbn=978-84-92811-89-2 |first=Daniel |last=Sabater i Selrà|oclc=1018111991 }}</ref>

Evidence exists of an early settlement lies around {{convert|1.7|km|mi}} north-east of the town, on a rocky promontory at the north end of Platja de Castell beach. The [[Castell de la Fosca]] is a stone settlement of the [[Iberians|Iberian]] [[Indigetes]] people which seems to have been inhabited from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD.<ref name=aj-pal-hist>{{cite web |url=http://www.palamos.cat/palamos/municipi/historia.aspx |title=Història |language=ca |trans-title=History |publisher=Ajuntament de Palamós |access-date=21 November 2022 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121141430/http://www.palamos.cat/palamos/municipi/historia.aspx}}</ref>

Further south than the Castell de la Fosca, but still north of the current town and port, is the [[Castell de Sant Esteve de Mar]]. Archaeological evidence suggests that this site was occupied from the [[Roman period]], and that the site was fortified in the twelfth century AD. By the thirteenth century, [[Peter II of Barcelona]] (also known as Peter III of Aragon) was looking to found a new port on the coast as the previous royal port in the region at [[Torroella de Montgrí]] on the [[River Ter]] had silted up. In 1277, he bought the castle and its estate, which included the site of the current port, with that in mind. As a consequence of the purchase, Palamos was founded and recognised as a village on 3 December 1279.<ref name=gencat>{{cite web |url=http://invarquit.cultura.gencat.cat/Cerca/Fitxa?index=0&consulta=&codi=1292 |title=Castell de Sant Esteve de Mar |language=ca |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129135253/http://invarquit.cultura.gencat.cat/Cerca/Fitxa?index=0&consulta=&codi=1292 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gencat1>{{cite web |url=https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/en/castell-de-sant-esteve-de-mar |title=Sant Esteve de Mar castle |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114154527/https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/en/castell-de-sant-esteve-de-mar |archive-date=14 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The site of the current port was used during the Roman period and before, but it was then disused until it was rebuilt after Peter's purchase of 1277. In 1285, the [[Battle of Les Formigues]] was fought near the [[Formigues Islands]], just offshore from Palamós, resulting in a victory for the Catalan fleet over the French.<ref>{{cite book |first=Silvia |last=Orvietani Busch |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BAtfHIxcHZ4C&dq=1279+palam%C3%B3s&pg=PA35 |title=Medieval mediterranean ports: the Catalan and Tuscan coasts, 1100 to 1235|year=2001 |page=35|publisher=BRILL |isbn=9004120696 }}</ref><ref>[http://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Cr%C3%B2nica_de_Ramon_Muntaner/Cap%C3%ADtol_CXXXV Crònica de Ramon Muntaner/Capítol CXXXV], in the [[Catalan language|Catalan]] [[Wikisource]] (Vikitexts)</ref>

Palamós was the birthplace of [[Frederic Pujulà i Vallès]] (1877–1962), a journalist and dramatist who was a pioneer of [[Esperanto literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.enciclopedia.cat/gran-enciclopedia-catalana/frederic-pujula-i-valles |work=Gran enciclopèdia catalana |title=Frederic Pujulà i Vallès |language=ca |access-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121131141/https://www.enciclopedia.cat/gran-enciclopedia-catalana/frederic-pujula-i-valles |archive-date=21 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Palamós was served by the {{RailGauge|750mm}} gauge [[Palamós–Girona–Banyoles railway]], which reached a junction with the [[Barcelona–Cerbère railway]] at [[Flaçà]] by 1887 and was extended to [[Girona]] by 1921. Service on the line continued until 1956.<ref name=carlos>{{cite web |url=https://callcarlos.eu/2022/05/03/railways-girona-costa-brava/ |title=Railways in Catalunya |publisher=callCarlos |access-date=21 November 2022 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121151321/https://callcarlos.eu/2022/05/03/railways-girona-costa-brava/}}</ref><ref name=viasverdes>{{cite web |title=Petit Train Greenway |work=viasverdes.com |url=https://www.viasverdes.com/en/itineraries/itinerario.asp?id=162 |access-date=23 November 2022 |archive-date=23 November 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123114109/https://www.viasverdes.com/en/itineraries/itinerario.asp?id=162}}</ref>