Sant Pau del Camp
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Sant Pau del Camp (Catalan for 'Saint Paul of the countryside' / 'in the fields'; IPA: [ˈsam ˈpaw ðəl ˈkam]) is a church and former monastery in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. While the monastery now stands within the El Raval district in central Barcelona, it once stood outside the city (before 14th century); its rural location gave the church its name.
History
There are no sources about the monastery's origins, it is generally thought that it was founded by count
Restorations were begun in 1096, through donations from Geribert Guitard and Rotlendis,
The monks were removed upon the secularization of monasteries by the Spanish government in 1835.[2]
It was declared a National Monument in 1879.
Architecture
The Romanesque monastery has a small cloister, built in the 13th century. It features lobular arcades supported by double columns, whose capitals are decorated by biblical and daily life scenes, animals, monsters and vegetable motifs. The abbots' house was built in the 13th-14th and early 18th century.
The church is on the
The chapter house (14th century) houses the tomb of the supposed founder of the monastery, Wilfred II.
See also
Notes
- ^ A Privilege of Pope Alexander III for Sant Pau Del Camp (Barcelona), Paul Freedman, Archivum Historiae Pontificiae, Vol. 31 (1993), 257.
- ^ a b c d e f A Privilege of Pope Alexander III for Sant Pau Del Camp (Barcelona), Paul Freedman, 255-256.
- ^ Calvin B. Kendall, The Allegory of the Church: Romanesque Portals and Their Verse Inscriptions, (University of Toronto Press, 1998), 119.
References
- A Privilege of Pope Alexander III for Sant Pau Del Camp (Barcelona), Paul Freedman, Archivum Historiae Pontificiae, Vol. 31 (1993).
- Calvin B. Kendall, The Allegory of the Church: Romanesque Portals and Their Verse Inscriptions, University of Toronto Press, 1998.
- Pladevall, Antoni (1970). Los monasterios catalanes (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ediciones Destino. ISBN 84-233-0511-2.
External links
Media related to Monestir de Sant Pau del Camp at Wikimedia Commons
- Images, informations and curiosities about the monastery (in Catalan and Spanish)
- Sacred-Destinations.com: Sant Pau del Camp