Empuriabrava
thumb|Empuriabrava, residential marina thumb|Empuriabrava's wide sand beach thumb|Footage of Empuriabrava's commercial Arcade (architecture)|arcade walkway thumb|The Torre panoràmica Empuriabrava () is a community in the municipality of Castelló d'Empúries, in the Alt Empordà (Costa Brava, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain). It is located in the Gulf of Roses, surrounded by the Natural Park of the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, and is the largest residential marina in Europe, with some 24 km of navigable waterways.
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thumb|Empuriabrava, residential marina thumb|Empuriabrava's wide sand beach thumb|Footage of Empuriabrava's commercial Arcade (architecture)|arcade walkway thumb|The Torre panoràmica Empuriabrava () is a community in the municipality of Castelló d'Empúries, in the Alt Empordà (Costa Brava, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain). It is located in the Gulf of Roses, surrounded by the Natural Park of the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, and is the largest residential marina in Europe, with some 24 km of navigable waterways.
Originally built on a swamp, Empuriabrava was transformed into a tourist community, initially planned in 1964 and completed in 1975. The town has more than 40 km of canals and a seasonal, summer population of around 80,000. The Greco-Roman acropolis of Sant Martí d'Empúries is nearby.
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