Monuments of Figueres

Sant Ferran castle is one of the most nationally and internationally famous monuments of Figueres because of its greatness and the set of activities and services that currently offers. Built in the 18th century, it covers a 54-hectares area, where are located the huge internal premises and a complex and diverse system of external defense fortifications. 

Today, the fortress can be visited all the year and there can take place all kinds of cultural, social, sport and business events. Navigating along its monumental cisterns, visiting the stables, going across the impressive moats by ATV or going down to the quiet countermines will allow the visitor to recapture a time and past situations within their original context. Learn about the services and activities that Sant Ferran castle has to offer. 

Sant Ferran castle is one of those particular spaces that thanks to the original state and the magnificent architecture take us to the modern age. Rescued as a cultural value since the creation in 2003 of the Sant Ferran castle Consortium, it has become a cultural, tourism and economic attraction pole, keeping its own essence, determined by its origin and historical function. Enjoy this singular space going around its facilities from our aerial view.

You can navigate along its monumental cisterns, visit the stables, go across the impressive moats by ATV or go down to the quiet countermines, all which will allow the visitor to recapture a time and past situations within their original context. Learn about the services and activities that Sant Ferran castle has to offer.

Sant Ferran castle is one of the Spanish fortresses built on the 18th century and currently preserved as a historical value and cultural heritage from the past. Some of the facts that, currently, make it be considered one of the biggest fortresses of the world are the 5 Km with moats, the 3.2 Km of perimeter, the 32.5 hectares occupied by the building or its cisterns with capacity for 9 million liters of water. See pictures and an aerial image of the castle and know the features of all the activities and events it is possible to organize and carry out in the fortress.
  

Sant Ferran castle is a real architectural jewel of the 18th century that is in perfectly interpretable conditions. Today, it is possible to visit the moats, the countermines, its majestic stables or to submerge into what is called the water cathedral, the huge cisterns of the arms square.

Sant Ferran castle is the place chosen by individuals, organizations, companies and movies and television producers to organize cultural, social and sport events and to make television and movies shootings, etc. See the inside of Sant Ferran Castle.

Sant Ferran castle is one of those singular places in Catalonia, due to its history and cultural and tourism value. In 1999 the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, through the Institute for the Spanish Historical Art Heritage from the Fine Arts General Administration, called a public tender to design the Saint Ferdinand Castle Master Plan, which purpose was to make the fortress regain its cultural value while becoming at the same time a tourism, economic and cultural attraction pole, but without loosing in the process its own essence, determined by its origin and historical function.

Nowadays, Sant Ferran castle is the tourism, economic and cultural attraction center that offers services and activities to organize social, cultural and sport events and television and movies shootings.