Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí

Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí

The narrow Vall de Boí is situated in the high Pyrénées, in the Alta Ribagorça region and is surrounded by steep mountains. Each village in the valley contains a Romanesque church, and is surrounded by a pattern of enclosed fields. There are extensive seasonally-used grazing lands on the higher slopes.

Spain

Province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia

N42 30 17 E0 48 13

Date of Inscription: 2000

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 7.98 ha

Buffer zone: 3,562 ha

Ref: 988

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