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Hermitage of Sant Salvador del Canadell

Calders, Moianès, Barcelona

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Hermitage of Sant Salvador del Canadell

Monument · Calders, Moianès, Barcelona

The hermitage of Sant Salvador del Canadell is a small chapel of Romanesque origin, remade with Gothic forms, in the municipal district of Calders (Moianès, Barcelona) and protected as a cultural asset of local interest. It has a rectangular plan, with a single nave ending in an apse to the east and a barrel vault; it preserves a voussoired doorway with a simple moulding and the start of a bell-gable on the west front. It is documented since 1206 and appears as a parish church between 1361 and 1438, although the rest of the documentation places it as a subsidiary of Sant Pere de Viladecavalls. In 1743 a new altarpiece was paid for, and a bronze bell of 1703 is preserved. Desecrated in 1936, it has not reopened for worship; in 1999 an excavation brought to light the original Romanesque foundations.

Photo: Joan Escoda i Prats (CC BY-SA 2.5)

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