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Church of Sant Jaume de Riudoms

Riudoms, Baix Camp, Tarragona

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Church of Sant Jaume de Riudoms

Monument · Riudoms, Baix Camp, Tarragona

Sant Jaume de Riudoms is the parish church of this town in the Baix Camp, dedicated to Saint James the Great and protected as a bien cultural de interés nacional (Catalonia's designation for cultural heritage of national interest) since 2019. Its design, wrongly attributed for years to Pere Blai, was actually the work of the builders of the church of Ulldemolins, led by master builder Joan Sans together with Jaume Amigó; the works, begun in late 1593 under the Occitan master builder Joan Mas, were completed in 1617. It has a very wide central nave with six side chapels on each side and a polygonal apse, and a distinctive facade with classical columns and a large rose window depicting Saint James's intervention in the legendary Battle of Clavijo. The bell tower, at the foot of the church, remained unfinished until 1877.

Photo: Jordi Gili (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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