A stroll around Oliana

Sant Andreu del Castell

Romanesque...

 

Sant Andreu del Castell, 11th
This church has a nave covered with a barrel vault and is closed with a semicircular ground plan apse with Lombard arcature on the exterior. The belfry is a square tower with two floors that project above the roof of the nave.
Location: Sant Andreu del Castell.
Information and visits: free visit. See the "Romanesque way of Alt Urgell". Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment.
   

 

 

Santa Eulàlia de les Anoves, 11th
It features a nave with a semicircular apse and an adjoining bell tower.
Location les Anoves.
Information and visits: free visit. Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment.

 

 

 

Sant Gili d'Eroles, 11th
This church, of Romanesque origin, comprises a raised nave with a porch on the western side.
Location: south-western slope of the Tossal de la Creu, outside La Casa d'Eroles.
Information and visits: Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment. 

 

Other periods...

 

Parish church of Oliana Nostra Senyora dels Angels, 16th

It has a Romanesque fragment of wall and window on the northern side. The village formed a walled compound (remains in Vall de Baix).
Location: Placeta dels Àngels.
Information and visits: free visit. Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment.
 

Sant Nom de Jesús, 16th
This church is closed to worship but has an interesting coat of arms from 1596. It is a small building with a rectangular ground plan and a sloping roof.
Location: next to the C14 after Oliana.
Information and visits: free visit. Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment.

 

Església parroquial de Sant Andreu, 17-18th

The building of the church of St. Andrew was built between the 17th and 18th centuries, has a basilica ground completely. The prayer bell one of the most important architectural monuments of Oliana. For the construction of that church took advantage as part of a medieval church Romanesque

Location: carrer Cavallers (street Cavallers)

Information and visits:  free visit. Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment.

 

 

 

Sant Jaume de Graell, 19th

Chapel of modern construction in the municipality of Oliana.
Location: western slope of the Oliana range, to the south of the town.
Information and visits: free visit. Please contact Ramon Sala (Tel. 973 470 573 / 629 300 368) for visits by appointment.