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Santa Maria de Breda

Breda, Selva, Girona

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Santa Maria de Breda

Monument · Breda, Selva, Girona

Former parish church of Breda (Selva), first documented in 1038 with the founding of the monastery of Sant Salvador de Breda, to which it remained linked, and which was the village's temple until the disentailment of the 19th century. The original Romanesque church, from the 10th-11th centuries (870-1038), had a nave with a pointed vault and a semicircular apse with traces of mural paintings, and an outer frieze of blind Lombard arcading. In later alterations two side chapels were added forming a transept, and in 1790 the octagonal bell tower was raised, with bells from 1631 and 1771. After Mendizábal's disentailment, in 1836, it became the seat of the town hall, which added two floors to it, and since 1974 it has housed the Museu Josep Aragay. It was last renovated in 2012, as the stone had become worn.

Photo: Alberto-g-rovi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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