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Church of Sant Vicenç de Cabdella

la Torre de Cabdella, Pallars Jussà, Lleida

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Church of Sant Vicenç de Cabdella

Monument · la Torre de Cabdella, Pallars Jussà, Lleida

Church of Sant Vicenç de Cabdella

A Romanesque church from the 11th and 12th centuries set on a rock, at the top of the village of Cabdella, with a barrel-vaulted nave, a semicircular apse with Lombard arcading in limestone above a granite building, and a west doorway with a double stepped round arch; the square bell tower, a chapel and the sacristy are later additions. Remains of Romanesque mural painting have been found inside, and excavations in 2009 brought to light finds still under study ahead of a future restoration. The site and the church already appear in the consecration act of the monastery of Senterada in 1042; from here come the Crist de Cabdella, a 12th-century Romanesque carving kept at the MNAC, and a reliquary kept at the Museu Diocesà d'Urgell.

Photo: Francdbutes (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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