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Bell Tower of Sant Martí de Bescaran

les Valls de Valira, Alt Urgell, Lleida

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Bell Tower of Sant Martí de Bescaran

Monument · les Valls de Valira, Alt Urgell, Lleida

11th-12th-century Romanesque bell tower, the only standing element of the old church of the monastery of Sant Martí de Bescaran, already abandoned when it was annexed in 914 to Sant Sadurní de Tavèrnoles. It is 17 meters high, square in plan with 4.40 m sides, and has three floors of mullioned windows with Lombard decoration; today it stands isolated, out of context, in the village cemetery. Declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's top heritage-protection category) in 2018.

Photo: Julen Iturbe-Ormaetxe from Bilbao, Spain (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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