Església de Sant Andreu de Palomar, Neo-Gothic church in Sant Andreu district, Barcelona, Spain.
The Església de Sant Andreu de Palomar is a large church with a Latin-cross plan, three naves and a dome over the crossing topped by a lantern. Its eclectic facade, built of Montjuïc stone, has a grand portal framed by two pairs of classical columns supporting a double entablature, with a rose window under a semicircular arch. The bell tower on the right has three storeys, the third octagonal; the left tower was never built.
The parish is documented from 974, beside the old Roman road. A new building was under construction in the second half of the 11th century and was consecrated in 1105 by Bishop Berenguer, then again in 1132 by Bishop Oleguer after destruction by Almoravid forces. The present church was begun in 1850; from the 1870s the works were directed by the Sant Andreu-born architect Pere Falqués i Urpí.
The Segadors chapel, attached to the north side, preserves the Sant Crist image carried by over 3,000 reapers in the 1640 Corpus de Sang march to Barcelona. The church received the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1991 together with the Casa Asil de Sant Andreu, founded in 1866 and linked to the parish.
The church is easily accessible by metro line L1 at Sant Andreu station and by several bus routes serving the neighborhood. Walking around the area is comfortable, and parking is available on surrounding streets.
The dome collapsed in 1882 during construction, prompting a redesign featuring a lantern-topped dome by architect Josep Domènech i Estapà. This solution remains visible and shapes the building's silhouette today.
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