At the southern end of the serra del Cucut, on the slope of the Pelat rock, lies the church of Sant Sadurní de la Fabregada. It is situated on a terrace of the cliff that closes the Cabesses pass to the north, positioned above the remains of the Fabregada castle.
The church was once the parish of the castle territory. After 1137, it became dependent on the monastery of Santa Maria de Meià, and the visitor of the archbishop of Tarragona inspected the parish in 1135. The structure consists of a single nave, of which only the north and west walls remain, along with parts of the basement of the choir and the south wall.
The building features a semicircular barrel vault with five structural arches rising from rectangular pillars. The choir is formed by a semicircular apse, now in ruins, which originally opened to the nave through a presbyterial arch. The apse retains traces of mural ornamentation with Lombard motives on the vertical lesenes, a style consistent with architectural forms from the 11th century.
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Written by Nik Frost
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