Sunday, 23 November 2014

Day 434 - 19/11/2014 : Santa Maria inside

The Capitular Hall, dating to the mid-12th century, could be accessed from the cloister or the church.

In 1330 it was converted into the Chapel of Corpus Christi It has a square plan and is covered by barrel vault. The entrance has a central door sided by windows. The keystone of the apse (added in the 14th-century) shows a Christ in Majesty, while in the arch are symbols of the Tetramorph.

The apse has also a sculpture group of the Annunciation and the decorated tombstone of Alemanda de Rocabertí (died 1373).

The walls of the Hall features several 14th-century sculptures of saints, some with traces of polychrome paint.

Amazing !!!


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