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Castle and Sanctuary of la Mare de Déu d'Argimon

Riudarenes, Selva, Girona

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Castle and Sanctuary of la Mare de Déu d'Argimon

Monument · Riudarenes, Selva, Girona

Complex formed by the remains of an 11th-century Romanesque castle and an 18th-century Marian shrine built on the same site, in the municipality of Riudarenes. Of the castle, an eight-metre square tower that once had three storeys is preserved, along with the original chapel, with two parallel naves and a semicircular apse with remains of mural painting. The shrine, with a single nave, holds a copy of the image of the Virgin in a niche of 1993, the work of the architect Narcís Negre; its bell tower, with pointed arches, dates from 1866. Between the late 1970s and 1987 the Amics del Santuari restored the complex and found an exit passage from the castle. Every second Sunday of September an annual gathering is held there.

Photo: Josep Maria Viñolas Esteva (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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