Merades

Merades, part of the northermost section of the ruins. Coll de Vilallarga hill in the background

Inside one of the ruined buildings in Merades

Merades, is an ancient ghost town located in the Montsià comarca, Catalonia.

History and description

This former town is presently uninhabited. Most of the houses in Merades are in an advanced state of ruin, especially towards its northern end, which is totally covered in bush and of difficult access.

The ruins of the village are located on a low hill, at a height of 187 m over sea level, in the western slopes of the Serra de Godall mountain range. In the 19th century Pascual Madoz referred to Merades as a "village that had been destroyed".^[1]

Administratively Merades belongs to the Godall municipality. It is very close to the TV-3313 road between Godall and Ulldecona.

The last inhabited building of the village was a masia, a traditional Catalan farmhouse, known as Mas de Merades, located at the SW end of the ancient village.

References

1. ^ Pascual Madoz Ibáñez, Diccionario geográfico, estadístico e histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar, Madrid, 1850

External links

• Dades dels Països Catalans
• Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya

Coordinates: 40°38′22″N 00°26′27″E / 40.63944°N 0.44083°E / 40.63944; 0.44083