Sant Cristòfol de Beget, Romanesque church in Camprodon, Spain.
Sant Cristòfol de Beget is a Romanesque church with a single nave covered by a pointed barrel vault and a semicircular apse. Its south door has five receding archivolts on columns with plain, fluted and one helical shaft, topped by capitals carved with mythological fauna. A four-storey Lombard bell tower adjoins the south side.
The church was built around 1200 under the direction of the Sant Pere de Camprodon monastery and survived the Spanish Civil War without damage. The building remained in its original form throughout the centuries.
The church keeps the Majestat de Beget, a polychrome Romanesque carving of Christ from the 12th century, and a 14th–15th-century alabaster Virgin of Health. The baroque altars were paid for by rector Genís Pagès i de Pol, rector for over 45 years in the late 18th century. The 1890 paintings on the triumphal arch and nave are by Olot painter Joaquim Vayreda.
The church sits at an elevation of 537 meters (1,762 feet) and is accessible from the southern side. It makes for a natural stop for hikers exploring the area at any time of year.
The interior survived the Spanish Civil War untouched, so the 12th-century baptismal font remains in place: an immersion basin 120 cm across, ringed by two horizontal cords running in opposite directions. Ramon Vinyeta called it one of the most relevant examples of its style in the Pyrenean districts.
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