The "cortals" (pens) are a variant of the most Catalan that we find along the coastal strip of the Bay of Roses, specifically in the towns of Castelló d'Empúries and Sant Pere Pescador.... Leer másThe "cortals" (pens) are a variant of the most Catalan that we find along the coastal strip of the Bay of Roses, specifically in the towns of Castelló d'Empúries and Sant Pere Pescador. They are characterized by their size, the presence of wetlands and livestock dedication. Its origins date back to the low middle ages and were advancing over a territory of lagoons and wetlands. In their evolution, they gave rise to a cultivation system based on the wheat-corn-alfalfa trilogy, which characterized and identified them from the 19th century. Since the mid-twentieth century, however, agrarian abandonment and coastal urbanization colonization pushed them back and a part has disappeared. This book brings together six studies that analyze specific periods and aspects of the pens, but that emphasize, above all, the human group that inhabited them: the "cortalers".