The Romanesque church of San Vicenç d'Enclar is, together with the church of Santa Coloma, one of the oldest in the Principality. Both are located in the parish of Andorra la Vella, in the nucleus of Santa Coloma. This primitive church was part of the fortified complex of Enclar, from the Visigothic period. The ground plan of the church of San Vicenç is rectangular and the apse is square. It has a bell tower attached to the south wall of the nave, with a circular floor plan, crowned with a floor of large windows and a second floor with seven small windows with an ultra-passed arch. It was probably built during the 9th century: its typology corresponds to the usual types of Catalan and Languedoc architecture of the 10th century and earlier.
Romanesque base of the twelfth century but greatly modified between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It still preserves a holy supper of protogothic style dated from the XIV century. It is possible to see an altarpiece made by Juan de Monterde of the XVI century and a pictorial cycle of the same epoch dedicated to San Cristóbal.
Built in the XII century and with extensions in the XVII and XVIII centuries, it preserves the mural paintings made by the Maestro de la Cortinada (end of the XII century). In the Baroque period the church was enlarged, the orientation of the nave was changed and the new high altar was decorated with a 17th century polychrome wooden altarpiece dedicated to the patron saint of the church. The side chapels also show baroque altarpieces dedicated to the Virgin, San Antonio Abad and the Virgin of the Rosary. The wrought iron railings, the 17th century wooden furniture and the carillon or the confessional are other important elements of the church. 360º https://www.google.com/maps?q&layer=c&z=17&sll=42.576663,1.517776&cid=17465761713349019893&panoid=QvR2y_6I1TIAAAQfCNdNHQ&cbp=13,346.63743522688452,,0,0&ved=0CAwQ2wU&sa=X&ei=i7LPU-SHG8ae8QPO8oGYBw&gl=US&hl=es
From the seventeenth century, with several later modifications and restored in its entirety between 1963 and 1964, according to a project of the Catalan architect Cèsar Martinell. The interior houses a small Baroque carving of Sant Andreu and a 17th century altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary, popularly known as the Virgin of the Snows.
Sant Climent de Pal, is a real jewel of Romanesque art in Andorra. It is located in Pal, in the parish of La Massana, and is one of the oldest buildings that can be seen in the country. Inside and outside, elements of great artistic value are preserved, dating from the late eleventh century and later. This church is a construction of historical importance, as it is considered one of the oldest temples currently preserved in Andorra. Its construction dates back to the late eleventh century or early twelfth century, although it has also undergone modifications and extensions in more recent periods. In any case, the architectural ensemble retains very unique elements of the original project. For example, its bell tower, of Lombard style and three heights. Its twin windows with semicircular arches are striking, especially those on the top floor, as they are the only example of double twin windows in Andorra. The walls of its nave, which is rectangular in plan, are largely from the original Romanesque period. But the most surprising thing awaits inside Sant Climent de Pal. Here are preserved the most important religious and artistic objects of the temple. For example, a baptismal font made of granite, two processional crosses in polychrome wood and a carving of the Virgin of Remei, dating from the final phase of the Romanesque period in the country (13th century). There is also an altarpiece dedicated to Pope Clement I, the titular saint of the church, made in 1709. In fact, it is perfectly adapted to the apse, which was built between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Building dated between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with rectangular nave, quadrangular apse and belfry belfry. In its interior it conserves an altarpiece that combines a baroque table with paintings on canvas of the XIX century attributed to the painter Oromí de la Seu.
It is known for its Romanesque paintings. It is a building of small dimensions that follows the architectural scheme typical of Andorran Romanesque churches: rectangular nave with wooden roof and semicircular apse. It has a belfry with a double opening and a portico probably added in modern times. Inside, the apse is covered with a quarter-sphere vault and the original altar and part of the Romanesque decoration (12th-13th century) are preserved. The liturgical furnishings include a processional thorn cross, located in the Pal Romanesque Art Interpretation Center, and a 15th century altarpiece dedicated to the patron saint of the church, the first bishop of Toulouse, with the anagrams of Christ and the Virgin.
Building constructed in the XVII century, very possibly on the foundations of an old medieval construction. Inside it preserves a pictorial cycle with representations of the Blessed Sacrament and the Passion of Christ by the painter Josep Oromí from the 19th century.
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