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Monastery of Santa Maria del Priorat

Castellfollit de Riubregós, Anoia, Barcelona

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Monastery of Santa Maria del Priorat

Monument · Castellfollit de Riubregós, Anoia, Barcelona

The church of Santa Maria del Priorat, in Castellfollit de Riubregós (Anoia), stands in the valley of the river Llobregós, next to the Ponts road and the municipal cemetery. Already mentioned in 1078, it was rebuilt shortly afterwards and consecrated again in 1082 by Bernat Guillem, bishop of Urgell; around 1093 it was attached to the monastery of Sant Benet de Bages, and maintained worship until 1916, after the 1835 disentailment. It is a Romanesque church with a Latin-cross plan, its nave covered by a pointed barrel vault and a square presbytery with arcading and Lombard bands; above the crossing rises a circular dome, and Gothic chapels were later added on both sides. It was restored in the 1930s and again between 1982 and 1986. It has been Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection) since 1981.

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