Hostalric (Catalan pronunciation: [ustəlˈrik]) is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

On the outside, the standing features are the renaissance and baroque decoration of the facade and the bell tower, with square floor-plan, constructed around 1620 by Master Bernat N. de Mataró.

Its importance grew because of its strategic position, controlling the Royal Way (Cami Ral) between Barcelona and Girona, and the fact that Hostalric became the administrative capital of the viscountcy of Cabrera.

The original design for the modern fortress was the work of Francisco de Santa Cruz, a military engineer in the service of the Archduke Charles.

Work on the construction of the fortress we see today was completed between 1794 and 1795 and it became an important point of resistance against Napoleon's army during the Peninsular War (1810-1814).