Little altar, Iglesia de la Purificación, Plaza de la Iglesia, Bossost, Val d'Aran, Lleida, Cataluña, Spain
The picturesque town of Bossost houses in its center a magnificent 12th century church, the most representative example of Romanesque architecture in the Aran Valley. It is known as the Church of the Purification (Gleisa dera Mair de Diu dera Purificacion in Aranese). Declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest in 2015, the monument is surprising for its great stylistic unity and its perfect state of conservation.
The church has a basilica plan composed of three naves separated by circular pillars and finished with three semicircular apses decorated in the Lombard style that protrude to the outside. The larger central nave is covered by a pointed barrel vault, while the side naves are covered by a quarter sphere vault. The building has two porticoes located on the side walls and two bell towers, one with a tower and the other with a belfry with only one eye.
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✔ The two covers, formed by a succession of semicircular arches. The most outstanding door is the one on the north side, the oldest. It has a sculpted black marble tympanum with a pantocrator accompanied by the symbols of the evangelists, the sun and the moon.
✔ The very tall bell-tower, attached to the north wall of the church. It consists of four square floors topped by a slate spire.
✔ The inside. In the central apse we find a fragment of mural painting from the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century. There is also a Romanesque baptismal font, embedded in a column of the church.
Bossòst (Occitan pronunciation: [buˈsɔst]) is a small Pyrenean and municipality located in the Aran Valley, province of Lleida, Catalonia, Northern Spain.(Population 1110) Situated on the left bank of the river Garona, the village is bordered by Les, Vilamòs, Arres and France (by Bagnères-de-Luchon).
The local football club, UE Bossòst, has the rare distinction of playing its regular matches in a 'foreign' competition (it plays in the French minor leagues).
Little altar, Iglesia de la Purificación, Plaza de la Iglesia, Bossost, Val d'Aran, Lleida, Cataluña, Spain
The picturesque town of Bossost houses in its center a magnificent 12th century church, the most representative example of Romanesque architecture in the Aran Valley. It is known as the Church of the Purification (Gleisa dera Mair de Diu dera Purificacion in Aranese). Declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest in 2015, the monument is surprising for its great stylistic unity and its perfect state of conservation.
The church has a basilica plan composed of three naves separated by circular pillars and finished with three semicircular apses decorated in the Lombard style that protrude to the outside. The larger central nave is covered by a pointed barrel vault, while the side naves are covered by a quarter sphere vault. The building has two porticoes located on the side walls and two bell towers, one with a tower and the other with a belfry with only one eye.
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✔ The two covers, formed by a succession of semicircular arches. The most outstanding door is the one on the north side, the oldest. It has a sculpted black marble tympanum with a pantocrator accompanied by the symbols of the evangelists, the sun and the moon.
✔ The very tall bell-tower, attached to the north wall of the church. It consists of four square floors topped by a slate spire.
✔ The inside. In the central apse we find a fragment of mural painting from the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century. There is also a Romanesque baptismal font, embedded in a column of the church.
Bossòst (Occitan pronunciation: [buˈsɔst]) is a small Pyrenean and municipality located in the Aran Valley, province of Lleida, Catalonia, Northern Spain.(Population 1110) Situated on the left bank of the river Garona, the village is bordered by Les, Vilamòs, Arres and France (by Bagnères-de-Luchon).
The local football club, UE Bossòst, has the rare distinction of playing its regular matches in a 'foreign' competition (it plays in the French minor leagues).