
L'Empordà dels avantpassats will not be mai la terra tranquil·la that coneixem avui. Abans live lands, threats and colpejats per onades of malfactors vinguts de mar where they segrestaven, steal and kill.
Durant segles, the viles of the Empordanese coast are going to aixecar murals, defense towers and communications in order to anticipate-be als pirates fins que ... a finals del Segle XVIII merchants and empordanese patrons, tired of living in a permanent situation of threat, are going to set up vaixells and are going to go to sea to combat the enemic.