The stone with the twisted faces of Viella

The Romanesque church of Viella, located in the Viella hamlet of the Vilafreser village, Vilademuls municipality (Pla de l'Estany) and included in the Catalonia Architectural Inventory, is known as Sant Pere de Viella. The church only retains traces of its former glory, as most of the building is covered in vegetation. It is believed to have been built in the 13th century. The church originally had a staircase and an old cemetery that no longer exist.

The remains of a semi-circular apse and what remains of the light arched vault that covered the single hall of the building can still be seen. The front has preserved the double arched portal and a semi-circular window, and the bell tower still features two windows. The carved motif is a sculpted relief carved on one of the stones that form the interior lateral cornice of the church of Sant Pere de Viella, from where the vault that covered the hall started.

In the carving, two human faces are clearly defined. The piece where they are carved shows clear signs of having been forced and excavated laterally for its extraction.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata