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Church of Sant Joan Baptista de Vinaixa

Vinaixa, Garrigues, Lleida

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Church of Sant Joan Baptista de Vinaixa

Monument · Vinaixa, Garrigues, Lleida

The church of Sant Joan Baptista de Vinaixa, built between 1301 and 1318, is a singular example of Catalan religious architecture in transition between Romanesque and Gothic, with Cistercian influences that show the survival of 13th-century forms into the early decades of the 14th. It stands to the east of the village, on a conglomerate rock knoll; originally it was reached by a flight of steps, today replaced by a side square, beneath which an air-raid shelter is preserved. With a single nave and side chapels, its doorway preserves three archivolts decorated with diamond points. Included in the Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya, it was declared an Asset of National Cultural Interest in April 2017.

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