Església de Sant Pere de Pals, Romanesque church in Pals, Spain.

Esglesia de Sant Pere de Pals is a Romanesque stone church featuring thick walls, rounded arches, and a bell tower above the main entrance. The structure also shows later architectural influences from Gothic and Baroque styles that were added over the centuries.

The parish is documented from 1202, when Gilabert de Cruïlles paid homage to the Bishop of Girona for "Sancti Petri de Pals"; in 1222 Ermessenda de Peratallada recognised holding its tithe for the Girona cathedral. The present Gothic church replaced an earlier Romanesque temple, of which a few elements remain. In 1478 King Joan II allowed the consellers of Pals to reuse stone from the ruined castle to build, repair and roof the church.

The Baroque portal holds a stone image of the patron saint dressed in papal vestments, a figure of popular devotion. The keystones and imposts of the ribbed vaults are carved, and the roof eaves keep painted decoration. The square bell tower with rounded arcades rises over the northwest corner.

The church stands in Pals, in the Baix Empordà, built of well-cut sandstone blocks. The square bell tower with semicircular arcades rises over the northwest corner of the building, and a raised structure sits above the vault. Look for the painted decoration on the roof eaves and the Baroque doorway with its curved pediment, pinnacles topped with ornamental balls and a niche holding a stone image of the patron saint in papal vestments.

The bell tower is a late addition, square with rounded arches, built onto the northwest corner of the church; a raised terrabastall sits above the vault. The roof eaves carry painted decoration, a detail easily missed from street level.