Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí, Medieval religious complex in La Vall de Boí, Spain.
The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are a group of nine churches and one chapel built between the 11th and 12th centuries in the Pyrenees mountains. They display Lombard features such as slender stone bell towers and rounded arches common to this medieval period.
These churches were built during a period when the mountain region was governed by local lords and the Roda de Isábena bishopric, who supported their construction. The churches reflect the religious expansion that shaped medieval Pyrenean society and authority.
These churches served as centers of daily faith for mountain communities who gathered here for worship and celebration. The chapels and sanctuaries still reflect how local people organized their spiritual and social lives around these buildings.
You can explore all the churches by walking through the valley, visiting each one on foot. The churches are spread across the valley but connected by paths, so you can see multiple sites in a single day.
Frescoes from inside several churches were removed and taken to the National Museum of Catalan Art in Barcelona, where they can be seen today. This means the churches themselves are now mostly empty of their original medieval art, though the spaces remain architecturally significant.
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