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Church of Sant Pol de Mar

Sant Pol de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

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Church of Sant Pol de Mar

Monument · Sant Pol de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

The hermitage of Sant Pol, or church of Sant Pol, is the parish church of Sant Pol de Mar (Maresme), a former monastery and fortified church declared bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). It stands on a hillock facing the sea and today holds services only occasionally. It is a single-nave building with a slightly pointed barrel vault and a semicircular apse; in 1434 the apse was raised to fortify it, and in the modern era the nave was lengthened by adding a square tower topped by two bellcotes. The monastery, founded by Coptic monks, already existed in 955; it suffered pirate attacks in the early 11th century that led to its abandonment, and in 1068 Ramon Berenguer I granted it to the monks of Lérins, who at the end of that century built the current Romanesque building.

Photo: 1997 (Wikimedia Commons) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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