Sant Martí de Solamal
Sant Martí de Solamal (also known as Sant Martí de Bianya ) is a small Romanesque church in the Catalan province of Girona in Spain . It is located near the hamlet of Sant Martí del Clot in the municipality of Vall de Bianya , which used to be called Solamal.
architecture
It is a heavily modified Romanesque church, the oldest surviving structure of which dates from the 12th century. The church was built as a single nave building with a semicircular apse. Subsequent structural changes completely destroyed the original structure of the church. The previous building was first mentioned in 979 when Count Miró II of Besalú, who was also Bishop of Girona , gave the church to the monastery of Camprodon .
The church is an important example of a single-nave Romanesque basilica, to which a transept was later added. In the 18th century, a square bell tower was integrated into the west facade above the entrance portal instead of the original bell wall. The semicircular apse is decorated with a surrounding console band.
Inside the church there is a baptismal font, which is decorated with four female heads.
literature
- Josep Murlà i Giralt; Nicolau Gironès i Casanovas: Guia del romanic de La Garrotxa . Alzamora, Olot 1983, OCLC 434851504 . Page 112 f., There the article "Sant Martí de Solamal"
- Miquel Borell i Sabater, Rosa Guardiola i Llobet: Ermites encisadores, amb cotxe fins a la porta. Guies gironines, 2006, ISBN 978-84-935203-5-9 , p. 72, article Vall de Bianya - Sant Martí de Capsec i Sant Martí de Solamal .
- Enciclopèdia Catalana, Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya, Volume 3, 1st edition, Barcelona 1981, ISBN 84-85194-17-9 (Volume 3), chapter “La Vall de Bianya”, page 368, there is a brief review of the Church of Sant Martí de Solamal
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ to gencat.cat
Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′ 14.5 " N , 2 ° 25 ′ 33.7" E