The eight-sided church in Ivorra

Sant Cugat d'Ivorra is the parochial church of Ivorra. The church of Sant Cugat is located in the upper part of Ivorra village, built on the same site as the previous construction. The church has a rectangular or congregational plan, with a roof covered in different slopes due to the presence of an eight-sided ciborium at the center and the bell tower located on one of the facade's angles.

The exterior of the church is built with regular medium-sized stones jointed with mortar, combined with the presence of larger stones at the corners, rosette, and doorway. The lateral facades are raised in the center where the ciborium is located, covered with eight slopes. A crushed stone cornice is present at the top of the building and runs along the entire perimeter, below which a small molding also follows the entire perimeter as the only decorative elements.

The main facade highlights the doorway, which follows the typology of the triumphal arch, with a semi-circular molded arch, flanked by two columns, with a superior entablature and typically baroque timpanum, where a name appears in the form of a high relief. Above the doorway appears a molded rosette. The upper part is crowned by a triangular gable, followed by the cornice that surrounds the entire temple, as well as the lower molding, crowned by a cross, and with the presence in the middle of the gable of a coat of arms, belonging to the Tristany family of Ivorra.

The bell tower, located on the right of the main facade, is built with large stones, with a quadrangular plan that becomes octagonal in the middle height due to the presence of a recess at each of its corners, decorated with pilasters attached, below which appears a molded cornice that runs along the entire perimeter. At the top appears an octagonal balustrade, separated by a lower molding, with the presence at each end of small pillars, topped by an upper ball. Construction work on the current church started in 1780, under the direction of the Solsoní Francesc Pons, using the remains of the old construction. The church was consecrated two years later by Rafael Lasala i Locela, who had impulsed the construction. In 1982, the renovation of the parish roof was initiated at the popular initiative.

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