What hides under Lles de Cerdanya's bell tower

What hides under Lles de Cerdanya's bell tower

Lles de Cerdanya, known for its bell tower, hides a centuries-old church in its heart.

Deep in the heart of Lles de Cerdanya, a village in Catalonia, Spain, lies Sant Pere de Lles, a church that hides under the shadow of its bell tower. A single-nave rectangular building adorned with a pyramidal slate roof, covered with a barrel vault, it has a series of chapels on each side of the nave, and a semicircular vaulted apse that is smaller and narrower than the nave. The entrance, dated 1593, is an arched door on the southern wall, and the ferramenta (lock) on the main door is inscribed with the year 1836. Despite dating back to the 12th century, the original Romanesque structure is unrecognizable, although the interior's wooden floor, pulpit, and baptismal font are preserved. The baptismal font and the font for holy water are made of granite.

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Written by Nik Frost

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