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Round Tower of Riudaura

Riudaura, Garrotxa, Girona

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Round Tower of Riudaura

Monument · Riudaura, Garrotxa, Girona

A circular tower, about eleven metres high and five in diameter, standing between a private house and the rectory of Riudaura's parish church; it is the only remaining trace of the old Benedictine priory of Santa Maria de Riudaura. The monastery was founded in the mid-9th century by the count of Girona-Besalú, and its church was consecrated by the bishop of Girona in 858; in 937 Count Sunyer of Barcelona granted it various properties, and shortly afterwards it was attached, as a priory, to the monastery of Santa Maria de la Grassa. Its priors exercised civil jurisdiction over the town. In 1592 it was joined to Sant Pere de Camprodon, by then without a community. The present church dates from 1779; beside it stands the house known as “el monestir”, with the medieval tower, all that remains of the old complex.

Photo: Antoni Grifol (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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