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Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí

Spain
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia
N42 30 17 E0 48 13
Ref: 988

Brief Description

The narrow Vall de Boí is situated in the high Pyrénées, in the Alta Ribagorça region and is surrounded by steep mountains. Each village in the valley contains a Romanesque church, and is surrounded by a pattern of enclosed fields. There are extensive seasonally-used grazing lands on the higher slopes.

Justification for Inscription

Criterion (ii): The significant developments in Romanesque art and architecture in the churches of the Vall de Boí testify to profound cultural interchange across medieval Europe, and in particular across the mountain barrier of the Pyrenees. Criterion (iv): The Churches of the Vall de Boí are an especially pure and consistent example of Romanesque art in a virtually untouched rural setting.

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