Boí ( es, Bohí) is a village in the

province of Lleida The Province of Lleida (; Aranese Occitan: Lhèida ; es, Lérida ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the Provinces of ...

, in

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, Spain. It lies at the centre of the valley and municipality of

Vall de Boí The Vall de Boí () is a narrow, steep-sided valley and a small municipality in the province of Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, northern Spain. It lies in the northeastern corner of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, on the edges ...

in the comarca of Alta Ribagorça. The village lies just to the south of the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, and there is a park information office in the village. Boi001

Sant Joan de Boí

The Romanesque church of

Sant Joan Sant Joan (official name; English: Saint John) is a municipality on Majorca, Spain, situated in the center of the island in the comarca of Pla de Mallorca. The town Sant Joan, formerly known as Sant Joan de Sineu, was founded in 1300. It is bord ...

dates from the 12th century. It has three naves, and a bell tower, in the Lombard style, attached to the nave on the south side. Two of the three storeys are original story. It also has a notable a collection of paintings of the 12th century, depicting various mythical animals. The originals, the ''

Paintings from Sant Joan in Boí The Paintings from Sant Joan in Boí is a group of Catalan Romanesque paintings exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.MNAC/MAC 15796, 15822, 15862, 15951-15956, 200423- 200441 and 200817 Description The paintings from S ...

'', are in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in

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, and there are reproductions in the church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boi Populated places in Alta Ribagorça Vall de Boí