Sant Pere del Burgal
![Absis de Sant Pere del Burgal, 11th c. fresco.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Absis_de_Sant_Pere_del_Burgal%2C_11th_c._fresco.jpg/220px-Absis_de_Sant_Pere_del_Burgal%2C_11th_c._fresco.jpg)
Sant Pere del Burgal is a Romanesque Benedictine monastery in , in the municipality of La Guingueta d'Àneu, Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was first mentioned in a precept of Count Raymond of Toulouse in 859. It later became a priory of the abbey of Roussillon. It fell into decline and was secularized in 1570 and confiscated in 1835.[1] It contains frescoes dated to the 11th century.
References[]
- ^ "Monestir de Sant Pere del Burgal" (in Catalan). Monestirs de Catalunya. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
External links[]
- Monestir de Sant Pere del Burgal - Monestirs de Catalunya (in Catalan)
Categories:
- Benedictine monasteries in Catalonia
- Romanesque architecture in Catalonia