Church of Sant Joan de Caselles

Religious

The building of the Church of Sant Joan de Caselles is dated between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Its construction has the characteristic architectural scheme of the Romanesque churches of the Principality of Andorra. It has a rectangular nave covered with wood, semicircular apse and a bell tower in Lombard style. The building also houses two porches, which are believed to have been built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Inside the church of Sant Joan de Caselles you can see traces of a 12th century Romanesque stucco majesty surrounded by a pictorial mural scene depicting the crucifixion with Longinus, accompanied by the sun and the moon. Behind the altar is a 16th century altarpiece of great artistic quality reflecting Italian and Germanic Renaissance influences, in which scenes from the life and martyrdom of St. John, author of the Apocalypse and patron saint of the church, are depicted.