The Romanesque church of Santa Maria del Barri in Tona

Santa Maria del Barri is a Romanesque church located in the Barri de Tona in the Osona region. It is an included work in the Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

The church was reconstructed in 1073 by Miró Gotmar and his wife Eicolina, built upon another structure documented in 1011. Following damage caused by earthquakes in 1425, the building was restored by the lords of Barri or Desbarri. These patrons later ceded their property rights to the mas Planell, who held them until the 18th century, when the church became parochial in place of the one in Sant Andreu del Castell de Tona. The last restoration was carried out by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1992.

Originally from the 12th century, the church initially had only a single nave. During its reconstructions, it was expanded to three naves supported by pillars and arches with carved keystones. It features a semicircular apse covered with a quarter-sphere vault. The exterior is unadorned, though a relief representing a quadruped figure can be seen on an apse buttress. The bell tower has a square floor plan with four floors, featuring double windows separated by a column with a capital on the first floor and semi-circular arches on the rest.

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