Roses, Spain
municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain
Roses (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈrɔzəs]; Spanish: Rosas, [ˈrosas]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà, located on the Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain.
Roses is the site of the former bishopric of Rotdon, now a Latin Catholic titular see. It is situated on the coast at the northern end of the Gulf of Roses, and is an important fishing port and tourist centre. The C-260 road links the town with Figueres.
The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a staging point at Roses. Stage 3 links northwards to Cadaqués, a distance of 21.7 kilometres (13.5 mi), whilst stage 4 links southwards to the El Cortalet pond in the Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, a distance of 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi).
Geology
The southern part of the municipality of Roses is underlain by Variscan granodiorite, with some spectacular exposures of this rock along the coastline. The granodiorite becomes mylonitic in shear zones in this sector. The northern and eastern parts are underlain by Ediacaran and Cambrian metasediments, including black schist and marble. The low-lying western part of the municipality is an area of geologically recent Quaternary deposits (clay, silt, sand, etc), laid down by rivers and in lakes and marshes.
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