St Martin's Church, Puig-reig
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St Martin's Church (Catalan: Sant Martí de Puig-reig (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsam məɾˈti ðə ˌpuˈretʃ])[1] is a Romanesque church from 12th century in Puig-reig, Spain,[2] near the modern parochial church and the former Puig-reig Castle.
Exterior
The church's construction comprises large stone blocks of various sizes, and its thick side-walls are carried by a number of side-buttresses. The exterior of the church is completely plain, without ornamentation, except at the west wall. Atop the west wall stands the bell-gable with its twin openings, and below it is the main door, which has a simple three-arch archivolt, supported in part by four columns and their capitals.
Interior
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The church has a single nave, covered with a barrel vault and finished by a semicircular apse. The apse vault begins as a simple-impost cornice, and is separated from the nave by a triumphal arch. At its rear is a single narrow window, vaulted with a voussoir arch. It still contains some of its original Romanesque murals.[3]
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References
- ^ Puig-reig 'Nomenclàtor oficial de toponímia major de Catalunya'. Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat, Generalitat de Catalunya
- ^ Carabasa i Villanueva, Lluïsa; et al. (1994). El Berguedà. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural. ISBN 8439326718.
- ^ "Església de Sant Martí". patmapa (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya-. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
External links
- More pictures at Sant Martí de Puig-reig, Art Medieval (in Catalan).
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- 12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain
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