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Castle of Montpalau i capella de Santa Magdalena

Argelaguer, Garrotxa, Girona

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Castle of Montpalau i capella de Santa Magdalena

Monument · Argelaguer, Garrotxa, Girona

The chapel of Santa Magdalena de Montpalau, protected as part of the Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) of Montpalau Castle, stands in the municipality of Argelaguer (Garrotxa). It is a single-nave building with a semicircular apse, covered by a two-pitched tile roof, with a voussoired doorway topped by a recently restored bell-gable. The castle, built by the lords of Sales in the 12th century on a site already documented in 940, saw the construction of the chapel in the late 12th or early 13th century: its consecration, as Santa Magdalena de Montepaladio, was carried out by the Bishop of Girona in 1228. Both castle and chapel were badly damaged by the earthquakes of 1428 and were abandoned when the Montpalau family moved to Argelaguer Castle.

Photo: Arnaugir (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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