Església de Sant Martí de la Cortinada, Romanesque Catholic church in La Cortinada, Andorra.
Església de Sant Martí de la Cortinada is a Romanesque church featuring a single nave with a roughly square floor plan and a quadrangular apse facing north. The interior contains side chapels and reflects modifications made across several centuries.
The building was first constructed in the 12th century and later expanded and remodeled during the 17th and 18th centuries. These changes shifted its orientation and altered the overall arrangement of its interior spaces.
The interior walls display late 12th-century frescoes showing Saint Martin of Tours and other figures that many visitors walk past without noticing. These paintings reveal how the local community expressed their faith during the medieval period.
The church opens for guided tours from mid-July through mid-September, with the Andorra Tourist Bus route 6 passing nearby for convenient access. Plan your visit for the summer season since the building is not regularly open at other times.
The bell tower displays a distinctive sawtooth pattern carved into the decoration below its roof edge, setting it apart from other parish churches. Inside, wrought iron gates from the 17th century still protect the side chapels, creating a layered history within the walls.
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