Sant Salvador de les Bordes d'Estavill, also known simply as Sant Salvador d'Estavill, is a Romanesque church in the municipality of La Torre de Cabdella, in the Pallars Jussà region. Until 1970, it belonged to the old term of La Pobleta de Bellveí. The church is located at the group of constructions known as Les Bordes d'Estavill, south of the village of Estavill.
The church of Sant Salvador is not well-documented throughout history. There are few remaining parts, but they allow to see a small and primitive church. The ensemble is datable to the 10th century, and the door may belong to the 12th century. The church has a single nave that is a bit disfigured, almost trapezoidal in shape, and an apse that tries to be semi-circular, but it is not quite round.
The church was once covered with a barrel vault, which, as it has collapsed, does not allow one to fully see what the complex was like. There is only one window, with a single opening, which opened in the entire church, in the eastern part of the southern wall.
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Written by Nik Frost
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