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Sant Llorenç de Maçanet

Maçanet de la Selva, Selva, Girona

1 Villages · 4 Monuments

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Sant Llorenç de Maçanet

Monument · Maçanet de la Selva, Selva, Girona

Romanesque church located in the centre of Maçanet de la Selva, built between 1040 and 1070 through the effort of the local people and the financial contribution of the bishop, and dedicated to Sant Llorenç. It has two naves -the main one and a lateral one to the south- ending in an apse and an apsidiole decorated with arcading between pilaster strips and a series of arrow-slits in the raised drum section; above the nave there is a loft that was used for defence when the temple was turned into a fortress. Between the 14th and 16th centuries chapels and outbuildings were added to it, among them the 17th-century sacristy. In 1936 it was looted and burned, losing the altarpiece that had been raised with donations from parishioners; today it houses the Gothic alabaster image of the Mare de Déu de Cabrera, which is venerated there.

Photo: Sergio Calleja (Life is a trip) from Barcelona, Spain (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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