Boí () is a village in the

province of Lleida The Province of Lleida (; ; ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in northeastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zarag ...

, in

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

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

Vall de Boí Vall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall ( ''I‘lī Wald Muḥammad Fāl''; 1953 – 5 May 2017) was a Mauritanian political and military figure. Following a coup d' ...

in the comarca of

Alta Ribagorça Alta Ribagorça () is a comarca in the Alt Pirineu region, in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is El Pont de Suert. The highest peak is the Comaloformo (3030 metres above sea level) in the massif of Bessiberri. Northeast of the region is the west ...

. The village lies just to the south of the

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park ''Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici'' National Park (, ), is one of the fifteen Spanish national parks, and the only one located in Catalonia. A wild mountain region in the Pyrenees, with peaks rising to 3017 m (Besiberri Sud) and wi ...

, and there is a park information office in the village. Boi001

Sant Joan de Boí

The Romanesque church of

Sant Joan Sant Joan (; ) is a municipality on Majorca, Spain, situated in the center of the island in the Comarcas of Spain, comarca of Pla de Mallorca. The town Sant Joan, formerly known as Sant Joan de Sineu, was founded in 1300. It is bordered by the mu ...

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'', are in the

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya The (; ), abbreviated as MNAC (), is a museum of Catalonia, Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, near Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona, Pl Espanya, th ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, and there are reproductions in the church.

References

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