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Santa Maria de Gualta

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Located in the highest part of the village, in the middle of the original settlement, this church is accessed by a set of stairs which join Carrer Major. The parish church is first mentioned in a document from 1046 as a result of Ermengol Bernat’s testament in favour of the chapter of the Cathedral of Girona. No trace remains of the early Romanesque church which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The current building is in the neoclassical style with its structure based around a central nave with side chapels and a square chevet. The belfry, which has a square floorplan, was repaired in 1922 using the some of the stones from the demolition of the old council hall.

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