The Church Of Santa Coloma Photo: The Church Of Santa Coloma

The Church of Santa Coloma is one of the iconic sights of the eponymous village located near the capital of Andorra - Andorra La Vella. A beautiful Church built in pre-Romanesque style, is one of the oldest architectural structures of this small country.

The Church was founded approximately in article X Externally, this amazing temple is quite ascetic, meaning it has minimal elements. During the construction of the Church of Santa Coloma used gray stone, and minimum jewelry.

Like most architectural structures of those times, the temple in appearance more like a small castle than a Church. The side adjacent to the home of an interesting four-storey bell tower. Its main feature is a circular, not rectangular base, so the bell tower strongly resembles medieval watchtower of the fortress. On the bell tower there are four vertical rows of narrow arched Windows openings. The most extensive are located on upper floors of buildings, and narrow at the bottom. Decorate the bell tower's conical roof.

The Church of Santa Coloma is surrounded by a low fence of stone with a beautiful arched gate. The Church across the courtyard is a paved footpath.

In the middle of the XII century the Church tower was rebuilt by the famous architect Lombard Bella. Then the triumphal arch, and the walls decorated with frescoes. In the Church also houses a wooden sculpture of our lady of Mercy and icons article XII in Addition to this you can also see the Baroque polychrome altar of the XVIII C.

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