Monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants

From 949 onwards, there is more documentation relating to the affairs of this house. In 1117, Sant Pere de Galligants was annexed by the monastery of Lagrasse (Languedoc-Roussillon) according to a document signed by Ramon Berenguer III, a union that was later confirmed by Pope Gelasius II. Although the documents are suspected forgeries, the dependence on Lagrasse is feasible and is in fact demonstrated in other later documents, and it seems that this link did not last long either. The monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants exercised civil and criminal jurisdiction over the suburb of Sant Pere, which extended to the right bank of the river Galligants.

Although it did not maintain a large community, its income and possessions were important, and its domains extended to the outskirts of Girona and also to La Selva and Baix Empordà. In 1592, as part of a general reorganisation, Pope Clement VIII joined to this the monasteries, also Benedictines, of Sant Miquel de Fluvià (Alt Empordà) and Sant Miquel de Cruïlles (Baix Empordà), also Benedictine, which were in decline. Due to its location, the monastery fell victim on several occasions to wars and, because of its proximity to the Galligants river, to floods. It suffered severely from the effects of the Peninsular War, which left the monastery practically in ruins. The monks were not able to return until 1814, it never fully recovered and was closed in 1836.

The church and the Romanesque cloister have been preserved, but the rest of the rooms have been lost. What remains is still difficult to interpret and date due to the interventions and repairs carried out throughout its history, the walls, floods, wars... The church has a basilica plan with three naves; it has an irregular transept: in the south there are two apses, in the north two more, but arranged differently: one to the east and the other to the north. The octagonal bell tower stands on this transept arm. Inside, the church preserves some historiated capitals that have been linked to the Master of Cabestany. On the west façade is the doorway, which has been seen as an element that predates the present church's construction. Above it is a rose window, now moved, which could date from between the 12th and 13th centuries.