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The Fire of the Sigena Paintings

Villanueva de Sigena, Los Monegros, Huesca

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The Fire of the Sigena Paintings

Curiosity · Villanueva de Sigena, Los Monegros, Huesca

Image of Villanueva de Sigena, not of the place itself.

In August 1936 a fire destroyed part of the monastery's Romanesque paintings; the salvaged fragments are kept today in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Photo: Mimileon021294 (Public domain)

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