Day 369 - 15/09/2014 : Toses, Church of Sant Cristofol

Today, we are running on the Ribes Valley which probably you've listened about Collada de Toses, the stepped road between Ribes de Freser and Toses.

Toses is a little mountainous town whose main sight is Sant Cristofol church. It was built in two stages: the nave and the bell tower in the 11th century, and the apse a century later.

The church consists of a nave crowned by an apse and covered with a pointed barrel vault. Important fragments of mural from the 12th century still remain in the interior of the church. The paintings on the apse are very faithful to the original, which are in the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (“Catalan National Art Museum”); they consist of a Pantocrator and scenes of Cain and Abel’s lives.

Follow the Romanesque route !!!