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DSC_3993bis ESGLESIA MONESTIR DE PEDRALBES BARCELONA

Església

L'església de Pedralbes consta d'una única nau, amb set trams de voltes quatripartites i un absis heptagonal.[11] Entre els contraforts de les tres primeres voltes (o sigui, entre la porta i l'absis) s'hi disposen capelles; el quart tram correspon a la porta, que s'obre a la plaça del Monestir, i els tres darrers al cor, que en el cinquè tram té dos pisos (el cor baix i el cor alt), però que en el sisè i el setè només té el pis alt, ja que el pendent natural del terreny fa que aquests dos trams del cor alt estiguin construïts directament sobre la roca granítica.[11] Fins al segle xix, el cor havia estat separat de la resta de l'església per una paret que pujava gairebé fins a les voltes, i que tenia al mig una finestra enreixada amb una espessa gelosia a través de la qual les monges podien seguir l'ofici, però el 1894 es va enderrocar la paret, del cor alt i es va doblar la del cor baix, per tal de suportar el pes de l'orgue, que es va instal·lar aproximadament al lloc on hi havia hagut la finestra.[11]

 

A més del cor alt i el cor baix, també hi ha el cor dels frares, situat al mig de l'església i fora de l'àmbit de la clausura, i que en ser de poca alçada (1,3 m) no trenca la unitat espacial de la nau,[10] a diferència del que passa en altres esglésies que tenen cors amb parets o cadirats més alts, com la catedral de Barcelona.

 

La simplicitat de les línies de l'església, especialment el campanar octogonal, acabat en aresta viva, infon una acusada modernitat a l'edifici i va provocar l'admiració de Le Corbusier en la seva visita de 1928; en un discurs fet llavors al Saló de Cent de l'Ajuntament, digué: "El Monestir de Pedralbes, quina simplicitat més moderna! És el millor que he vist a la vostra terra durant molts anys".church

The church of Pedralbes consists of a single nave, with seven sections of quadripartite vaults and a heptagonal apse.[11] Between the buttresses of the first three vaults (that is, between the door and the apse) there are chapels; the fourth section corresponds to the door, which opens onto Plaça del Monestir, and the last three to the choir, which in the fifth section has two floors (the low choir and the high choir), but which in the sixth and seventh only has the high floor, since the natural slope of the land means that these two sections of the high heart are built directly on the granitic rock.[11] Until the 19th century, the choir had been separated from the rest of the church by a wall that went up almost to the vaults, and which had a latticed window in the middle with a thick lattice through which the nuns could follow the 'office, but in 1894 the wall of the high choir was demolished and that of the low choir was doubled, in order to support the weight of the organ, which was installed approximately where the window had been .[11]

 

In addition to the high choir and the low choir, there is also the choir of the friars, located in the middle of the church and outside the scope of the cloister, and which, being low (1.3 m) does not break the spatial unity of the nave,[10] unlike what happens in other churches that have choirs with higher walls or pediments, such as the Barcelona cathedral.

 

The simplicity of the lines of the church, especially the octagonal bell tower, finished in a sharp edge, infuses a pronounced modernity into the building and caused the admiration of Le Corbusier in his visit in 1928; in a speech made then in the Saló de Cent of the City Hall, he said: "The Monastery of Pedralbes, what a modern simplicity! It is the best thing I have seen in your land for many years."

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