Church of Santa Maria, All
| Church of Santa Maria, All | |
|---|---|
Santa Maria d'All | |
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Completed | bef. 839 |
The Church of Santa Maria (Catalan: Santa Maria d'All, French: Église Sainte-Marie d'All) is a Catholic church located in All, a village in the Spanish municipality of Isòvol in Cerdanya, a comarca in northern Catalonia.
History[edit]
Santa Maria is first mentioned in the Act of Consecration of the Cathedral of Urgell in 839.[1] The church belongs to the parish of All. Two polychrome Romanesque images from the church, which are known as "the Majesty" and "the Virgin of All" and date from the end of the twelfth or early thirteenth century, are preserved in the National Art Museum of Catalonia.[2]
Architecture[edit]
The church, built of ashlar with a very irregular opus, consists of a single nave, side chapels on the north of the building, a semicircular apse and a square bell tower located to the south of the building.
The southern side is adorned with a door which is considered to be among the most beautiful in Cerdanya,[3] alongside those of Guils de Cerdanya, Llo, Saga, Olopte and Vià.
The door is framed by a pair of columns with carved capitals portraying orans, or praying figures. It is topped by an archivolt with three arches. Two of these arches are decorated with geometric patterns. The outer arch has a bevel decorated with representations of figures.
The southern side also has two corbels: one, which is the head of an animal, is located above the door, and the other one, a human face, is under one of the windows.
References[edit]
- ^ Via Romanica - La Cerdagne, coedited by the Consell Comarcal de la Cerdanya and the Communauté de communes de Pyrénées Cerdagne, 1998, p. 48
- ^ Santa Maria d'All. Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
- ^ "Church of Santa Maria de Talló". www.catalunya.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.