Sant Pere del Burgal is a Romanesque Benedictine monastery in
Escaló, in the municipality of
La Guingueta d'Àneu
La Guingueta d'Àneu is a Municipalities of Catalonia, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa river below the reservoir of La Torra ...
,
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
Roussillon ( , , ; ca, Rosselló ; oc, Rosselhon ) is a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the reg ...
. It fell into decline and was secularized in 1570 and confiscated in 1835.
It contains frescoes dated to the 11th century.
References
External links
Monestir de Sant Pere del Burgal- Monestirs de Catalunya
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Benedictine monasteries in Catalonia
Romanesque architecture in Catalonia