Santa Coloma d'Andorra

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Andorran 20 cent coin

Santa Coloma d'Andorra (known as Santa Coloma for short) is an Andorran city ​​in the parish of Andorra la Vella .

Santa Coloma is located near the Gran Valira about two kilometers from the capital Andorra la Vella.

Worth seeing

Church in Santa Coloma
Puente de la Margineda, stone bridge from the 14th-15th centuries Century, which spans the Gran Valira river .

The site houses a historic church that has been on the list of proposals for UNESCO World Heritage since February 22, 1999 . Her picture adorns the Andorran 10, 20 and 50 cent coins .

According to UNESCO, this pre-Romanesque building was built in the 6th to 8th centuries. A Lombard style bell tower was added in the 12th century . The building houses Romanesque wall paintings from the 12th century by the master of Santa Coloma. The image of the Virgin del Remei, which was created around 1200, and the baroque retable from the 18th century in polychrome wood, which is dedicated to Saint Coloma, the patron saint of the church, are listed works.

See also

Web links

Commons : Santa Coloma d'Andorra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1268/
  2. ↑ UNESCO: Ensemble historique de Santa Coloma (French), accessed on December 24, 2014

Coordinates: 42 ° 30 '  N , 1 ° 30'  E