Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, Medieval village in Pyrénées-Orientales, France.
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines encompasses 19.90 square kilometers of territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees foothills, with an average elevation of 52 meters.
The Benedictine monastery, founded around 780 by Sentimir, received immunity status from Emperor Louis the Pious in 819.
The lintel of Saint-Michel abbey church, carved in 1019-1020, represents the first dated Romanesque sculpture in stone throughout France.
Guided tours of the village take place every Friday morning at 10 AM from April through September, with advance reservations required at the tourist office.
The 12th-century cloister displays a specific polychromy combining white marble from Céret, pink from Villefranche, and black from Corbières.
Location: Céret
Address: 66740 Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, France 66740 Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
GPS coordinates: 42.54881,2.92202
Latest update: June 21, 2025 06:59
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Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Abbey
589 m
Linteau de Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
602 m
Priory of Santa Maria del Vilar
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Saint-André church in Saint-André
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Église Sainte-Marie de Brouilla
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Église Saint-Sébastien de Palau-del-Vidre
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Église Saint-Assiscle et Sainte-Victoire de Sorède
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Chapelle Notre-Dame de Tanya
2.5 km
Chapelle Sainte-Colombe des Cabanes
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Chapelle Saint-Fructueux de Roca-Vella
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Chapelle Saint-Sébastien de Laroque-des-Albères
3.1 km
Église Sainte-Eugénie
3.6 km
Église Saint-Étienne de Villelongue-dels-Monts
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Église Saint-Félix-et-Saint-Blaise de Laroque-des-Albères
3.3 km
Église Saint-Pierre de Vilaclara
2.7 km
Cloître de Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
610 m
Dolmen d'el Quadró
3.6 km
Font del Carex
4.7 km
Castell de la Roca d'Albera
3.2 km
Castell de Vilaclara
4.1 km
Château d'Ortaffa
3.5 km
Castell de Palau del Vidre
4.1 km
Château de Brouilla
2.5 km
Fortified town of Laroque-des-Albères
3.2 km
Recinte fortificat de Palau del Vidre
4.1 km
Abbatiale Saint-Michel de Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
632 m
Maison d'art roman de Saint-André
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