Claustre de Sant Domènec

Cloister in Peralada

Capital with Adam and Eve

The Claustre de Sant Domènec (Spanish claustro de Santo Domingo ; German cloister of St. Dominic ) in Peralada , a Spanish municipality in the province of Girona in Catalonia , was built in the 13th century. The Romanesque cloister was declared a monument ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in 1931.

description

Only the cloister remains of the former Augustinian monastery , which was founded in the middle of the 11th century. Today it is located in the middle of a garden and belongs to the museum, which shows the history of the place.

The cloister consists of a base zone on which round arches stand on twin columns . The capitals are remarkable , they depict biblical scenes or plants.

literature

• Jaime Cobreros: Las Rutas del Románico en España . Vol. II, Madrid 2004, ISBN 84-9776-112-X , p. 50.

Web links

Commons : Claustre de Sant Domènec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description at the Generalitat de Catalunya ( Memento of the original of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′ 25.9 ″  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 30 ″  E