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• Santa María Monastery in Ripoll. Ripoll.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de l'Abat Oliba s/n. 17500. Ripoll. Girona. (Catalonia) http://www.ripoll.cat/. The Benedictine monastery in Ripoll was founded by Count Wilfred "The Hairy" in the 9th century. It soon became a major cultural centre during the High Middle Ages, which is why it continued to be extended up until…

• Viejo Bridge in Besalú. Besalú.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Sobre el río Fluvià. 17850. Besalú. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: otbesalu@turismegarrotxa.com. www.ajuntamentbesalu.org. Located on the Fluvía river.Passing through the towered entrance accesses the county's capital.It is believed to have been built in the 11th century on a Roman bridge and rebuilt d…

• San Juan de la Abadesas Monastery. Sant Joan de les Abadesses.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Abadía Museo s/n. 17860. Sant Joan de Les Abadesses. Sant Joan de les Abadesses. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: info@monestirsantjoanabadesses.cat. http://www.monestirsantjoanabadesses.cat/. Of Benedictine origin.The monastery was consecrated in the year 887, even though the current buildin…

• Church of San Vicente de Besalú. Besalú.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Vicente s/n. 17850. Besalú. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: turisme@besalu.cat. http://www.besalu.cat.   The construction of the current church dates from the 13th century, and includes both Romanesque and Gothic elements. There are three naves, a transept and three apses in the sanctuary. …

• San Quirze Monastery in Colera. Rabós.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Rabós a 5 kms. de Rabós. 17754. Sant Quirze de Colera. Rabós. Girona. (Catalonia) There are two documented consecrations of the monastery, one in 935 and the other in 1123. Built with two slabs of slate one on top of the other.The church is dedicated to San Miguel, and is Romanesque wit…

• San Pedro Monastery in Camprodón. Camprodon.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María s/n. 17867. Camprodón. Camprodon. Girona. (Catalonia) The monastery, located in the high part of the town, is 12th century.Its origin stems from the construction of the church of Santa María. Formerly, the monastery had a Greek cross plan, but after one of its naves was lengthen…

• Seo de Urgell Cathedral. Seu d'Urgell, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Santa María s/n. 25700. Seu d'Urgell, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: museudiocesa@bisbaturgell.org. One of the jewels of the Pyrenees Romanesque. The temple is an example of the Catalonian Romanesque with Lombard influences on the exterior. It was Bishop Ermengol who began the work on the Rom…

• Santa Eulalia Church in Erill la Vall. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25528. Erill-La-Vall. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) http://www.centreromanic.com/. Santa Eulalia Church in Erill la Vall is one of the Romanesque churches of the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. The church has only one nave and the sanctuary has three …

• Church of San Juan de Boí. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25528. Boi. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: centreromanic@vallboi.com. www.centreromanic.com. San Juan de Boí is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. Located in one of the largest towns in the Vall de Boí, this c…

• San Clemente de Taüll Church. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25527. Barruera. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) www.centreromanic.com. Vall de Boí Romanesque. San Clemente de Taüll is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. The church was built between the 11th and 12th centuries and w…

• Church of Sant Feliú de Barruera. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25527. Barruera. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: centreromanic@vallboi.com. www.centreromanic.com. Santa Feliú de Barruera is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. The church has a single nave with two semi-circul…

• Nativitat de la Mare de Déu Church. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25527. Durro. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: centreromanic@vallboi.com. www.centreromanic.com. La Nativitat de la Mare de Deu is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. The church has a single nave. Its sanctuary o…

• Solsona Cathedral. Solsona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Catedral s/n. 25280. Solsona. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: turisme@elsolsonesinvita.com. www.elsolsonesinvita.com. Originally a Romanesque church, the Gothic building dates back to the 14th century. The three apses, decorated on their interior with arcades, a part of the transept and the …

• Church of San Quirce de Durro. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25527. Durro. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: centreromanic@vallboi.com. www.centreromanic.com. Santa Quirce de Durro is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. This is a Romanesque church of simple construction wit…

• Greek ruins of Empuries. Escala, L'.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 17130. Empuries. Escala, L'. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972775975 | E-mail: macempuries.cultura@gencat.cat. http://www.mac.cat/esl/Sedes/Empuries. Ampurias is the most important Greek archaeological site to be found in Spain.Its origin stems from the settlement of Greek colonisers during the 5th …

• Church of Santa María de Còll. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25526. Còll. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: centreromanic@vallboi.com. www.centreromanic.com. Santa María de Còll is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. The church has one nave, a ground plan in the shape of a …

• Santa María de Cardet Church. Vall de Boí, La.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 25526. Cardet. Vall de Boí, La. Lleida. (Catalonia) E-mail: centreromanic@vallboi.com. www.centreromanic.com. Santa María de Cardet is one of the Romanesque churches in the Boí Valley, which received the UNESCO World Heritage designation in 2000. The church has a single nave, covered with a row of f…

• Citadel of Roses. Roses.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avinguda de Rhode, s/n. 17480. Roses. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: info@patrimonideroses.cat. http://www.roses.cat/es/Turisme/Patrimoni/Ciutadella.aspx. Located beside the bay of the same name, the citadel of Roses is an imposing military fortification which contains on its interior a succession of t…

• Peralada Castle. Peralada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Carmen 1. 17491. Peralada. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972538087 | E-mail: infomuseo@castilloperelada.com. www.museucastellperalada.com. The castle was built by Viscount Rocabertí in the 14th century outside the walled enclosure, beside the Carmelite Covent. In 1923 it was acquired by Mi…

• Santa María Collegiate Church. Vilabertran.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Abadía 4. 17760. Vilabertran. Girona. (Catalonia) www.vilabertran.com. The heart of the Monastic complex of Santa María de Vilabertrán is organised around a trapezoidal plan cloister. To the north of the latter lies the church, of a basilica plan with three naves, the central nave topped with …

• Conjunto de monumentos megalíticos de la Edad de Bronce. Villanúa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Villanúa. Huesca. (Aragon)…

• Palace of the Dukes of Granada de Ega. Estella-Lizarra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Nicolás 1. 31200. Estella o Lizarra. Estella-Lizarra. Navarre. Tel.: +34 948546037 | www.estella-lizarra.com | Fax.: +34 948553257 | http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionado/3154/. The building vaunts Romanesque architecture.The palace dates from the 12th centur…

• Javier Castle. Javier.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 31411. Javier. Navarre. Fax.: +34 948884259 | E-mail: castillodejavier@jesuitas.es. www.turismo.navarra.es. The house of San Francisco de Javier. Here important works of art are housed, such as a Spanish painting collection from the 15th to 20th centuries and a Japanese kimono from the 19th century.…

• Santa María Church-Fortress in Ujué. Ujué.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … C/ San Isidro, 8. 31496. Ujue. Ujué. Navarre. Tel.: +34 948739046 | +34 948211554 | +34 618820414 | E-mail: visitaujue@gmail.com. www.ujue.info. The church was built between the 12th and 14th centuries, with elements from the Romanesque and Gothic styles.It has a single, very big nave, with a transe…

• Santa María de Fitero Monastery. Fitero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Iglesia, 12. 31593. Fitero. Navarre. E-mail: turismo@fitero.org. http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionado/3028/. The monastery was built during the medieval period, between the 12th and 13th centuries; the abbatial temple, chapter house and what remains of the…