St Martin's Church, Puig-reig

Sant Martí de Puig-reig

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

Detail of mural paintings

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]

References

1. Puig-reig 'Nomenclàtor oficial de toponímia major de Catalunya'. Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat, Generalitat de Catalunya
2. Carabasa i Villanueva, Lluïsa; et al. (1994). El Berguedà. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural. ISBN 8439326718.
3. "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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