{"id":2976,"date":"2024-04-04T12:13:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T10:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w.turismehostalric.cat\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T16:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:02:23","slug":"baluard-major","status":"publish","type":"punts-interes","link":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Baluard Major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Baluard Major is the largest in the fortress. It could contain up to eleven large-caliber guns and three mortars, being one of the best guns in the country at the time. To keep him in service he needed about seventy men.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, much of the bastion is in ruins, making it difficult to recognize the original building.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this point, the basaltic stone columns are clearly visible that show the origin of the <strong>ancient medieval castle of the Viscounts of Cabrera<\/strong>, built on an <strong>ancient volcano<\/strong>. Do you want to know about it? Carolin, Hostalric local guide, introduce this site and its volcanic origin. <strong>Visit us, Carolin is waiting for you to personally accompany you to get to know Hostalric castle!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-gestor-del-servei wp-block-embed-gestor-del-servei wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Columnas bas\u00e1lticas en el Castillo de Hostalric con Carolin\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJkiX0ZZ18I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1081,"template":"","categoria-punt-dinteres":[29],"class_list":["post-2976","punts-interes","type-punts-interes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-punt-dinteres-el-castell"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baluard Major - Turisme Hostalric<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baluard Major - Turisme Hostalric\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Baluard Major is the largest in the fortress. It could contain up to eleven large-caliber guns and three mortars, being one of the best guns in the country at the time. To keep him in service he needed about seventy men. Today, much of the bastion is in ruins, making it difficult to recognize the original building. From this point, the basaltic stone columns are clearly visible that show the origin of the ancient medieval castle of the Viscounts of Cabrera, built on an ancient volcano. Do you want to know about it? Carolin, Hostalric local guide, introduce this site and its volcanic origin. Visit us, Carolin is waiting for you to personally accompany you to get to know Hostalric castle!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Turisme Hostalric\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-21T14:02:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Baluard-Major.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/\",\"name\":\"Baluard Major - Turisme Hostalric\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Baluard-Major.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-04T10:13:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-21T14:02:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Baluard-Major.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/Baluard-Major.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":333},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/punts-interes\\\/baluard-major\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Inici\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/en\\\/inici\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Baluard Major\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Turisme Hostalric\",\"description\":\"Una hist\u00f2ria familiar\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Turisme Hostalric\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":320,\"height\":78,\"caption\":\"Turisme Hostalric\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.turismehostalric.cat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baluard Major - Turisme Hostalric","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Baluard Major - Turisme Hostalric","og_description":"The Baluard Major is the largest in the fortress. It could contain up to eleven large-caliber guns and three mortars, being one of the best guns in the country at the time. To keep him in service he needed about seventy men. Today, much of the bastion is in ruins, making it difficult to recognize the original building. From this point, the basaltic stone columns are clearly visible that show the origin of the ancient medieval castle of the Viscounts of Cabrera, built on an ancient volcano. Do you want to know about it? Carolin, Hostalric local guide, introduce this site and its volcanic origin. Visit us, Carolin is waiting for you to personally accompany you to get to know Hostalric castle!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/","og_site_name":"Turisme Hostalric","article_modified_time":"2025-06-21T14:02:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Baluard-Major.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/","url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/","name":"Baluard Major - Turisme Hostalric","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Baluard-Major.png","datePublished":"2024-04-04T10:13:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-21T14:02:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Baluard-Major.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Baluard-Major.png","width":500,"height":333},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/baluard-major\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Inici","item":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/inici\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Baluard Major"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/","name":"Turisme Hostalric","description":"Una hist\u00f2ria familiar","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/#organization","name":"Turisme Hostalric","url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/logo.png","width":320,"height":78,"caption":"Turisme Hostalric"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punts-interes\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punts-interes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/punts-interes"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/punts-interes\/2976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria-punt-dinteres","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-punt-dinteres?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}