Watchtower and Chapel of Sant Antoni de Pàdua Monument · Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Ripollès, Girona Image of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, not of the place itself. A 17th- and 18th-century complex located in the municipal district of Sant Joan de les Abadesses (Ripollès, Girona), combining a defensive tower with a chapel dedicated to Sant Antoni de Pàdua. It is an example of Catalan vernacular architecture of that period and is protected as a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). Photo: User:FrancescGrau (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Sant Joan de les Abadesses