Since the Middle Ages, the wall paintings from Sant Climent, Taull have dazzled, enchanted, and captured the imaginations of visitors from across the world.
Location City: Barcelona
If visitors know one thing about Barcelona before boarding a plane, it is the surname of the city’s most celebrated architect, Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí, Park Güell
Two years before the Spanish expel the Jews and begin their invasion of the Americas, an artist paints an image of redemption.
Bartolomé Bermejo, Piedad with Canon Lluís Desplà
These statues of the Virgin and Child often held relics. Designed to be mobile, they starred in parades and plays.
“Throne of Wisdom” sculptures
Delicate and brightly colored, this statue from Spain combines elegance with solidity, the human with the divine.
Virgin from Ger
These frescoes covered the thick walls of a Romanesque church. Once isolated in the Pyrenees, they adorn a museum.
Circle of the Master of Pedret, The ...
Romanesque sculptors adorned the tops of columns with bible stories. These scenes are bold, emotional, and direct.
Historiated capitals, Church of Sant Miquel, Camarasa
This church contains traditional Gothic elements, but looks like nothing you’ve ever seen.
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