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Colomers is a town with a special charm, with its Romanesque church of Santa Maria and the pleasure of strolling through the narrow, cobbled streets of its surroundings, as can be seen in this report in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia.
The circumstance is that, with an area of ​​4.3 km2, Colomers is the smallest town in the Baix Empordà , bordering Vilopriu to the north; to the south, on the other side of the river, with the terminus of Foixà , where we find Sant Llorenç de les Arenes. To the east are Jafre and Garrigoles, and to the west, Sant Jordi Desvalls and Gaüses, in Vilopriu.
Colomers is irrigated by the waters of the Ter. It is documented in the 9th century with the Latin word Columbarios, that is, “place where doves are raised” and that is why a dove is represented on the Colomers coat of arms.
Santa Maria occupies the center of the nucleus of this micro-town. Its current shows the interventions experienced over time from the original Romanesque structure.
The most interesting part of the church is the interior of the apse. It is decorated by blind arches supported by 12 columns with capitals sculpted with plant motifs, representation of animals, human figures and geometric motifs. Some of the capitals are original and others have been replaced, but they are worth looking at carefully.
The first documentary references to Santa Maria de Colomers date from the 9th century and mention it as a cell dependent on the monastery of Sant Medir.
In Colomers there are fragments of a marble column of Roman origin that were found between the years 1960 and 1980 in full restoration of the church of Santa Maria de Colomers and that demonstrate the passage of the Romans through this place, as is also demonstrated with the Milestone (cylindrical stone pillars that marked the routes on Roman roads, what would be the signs today), which was found and is currently on display in the town square.
