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The gardens surrounding the Romanesque monastery of Sant Pau del Camp, one of the architectural treasures of Barcelona. Renaturalitzat space in the tight urban fabric of the Raval.
The large lawns that make up a small hill are the protagonists of these gardens circling the Romanesque monastery gardens that gives the name, however, although the building is at street level, the design of the park allows the building can be seen from the top of the small hill that crowns the gardens. Among parterre parterre and roads are dug between semicircular walls of average height with benches to sit a while.
history
It is not known exactly when it was built the monastery of Sant Pau del Camp, but was built on the outskirts of the city, between the orchards and fields that surrounded the walled path to the mountain of Montjuïc. The tombstone found in the monastery in 1596 and that sealed the tomb of Guifré Borrell, son of Wilfred the Hairy (died 911), suggests that by that time the monastery already existed, and that this represented a instead of considerable importance if a member of the county house of Barcelona was buried there. He was a Benedictine monastery until the monks abandoned in 1835. In 1987 it was declared a National Monument
biodiversity
They emphasize that adorn the trees, especially the mulberry (Morus alba), the rosewood (Tipuana types) and poplar (Populus alba 'Pyramidalis). The hill ends in a square shaded by rosewood, a privileged position from which you can see how feinegen users who cultivate the urban garden that is in the gardens, just behind the monastery. Next, in a large area of ​​sand protected by large canopies of shade trees, located bocce courts and a children's play area. A wall where bougainvilleas climb the fence space
Art and Architecture
The church of Sant Pau del Camp is a single nave with Greek cross plan. It has three apses and a cupola with transept. The interior is covered with a barrel vault. The portal of the church finished in two columns framing the two former Visigoth capitals made of marble. In eardrum is an image of Jesus surrounded by the apostles Peter and Paul. You can also see an inscription that invites visitors to enter. The exterior of the building is decorated with pilaster decorated with human faces, fantastic animals and plants. The faculty, small, is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the monastery. Located south of the church plant noticeably squared. It has a square pillar and each angle between these four pillars. Among the partners are the pillars of arches supported by columns and capitals. The feature is found in the cloister lobed arches, not all the same, because there are three to five lobes for each arcade. The columns and capitals are not uniform, there are different dimensions and decor that have also varies widely: most plants, animals and fantastic.
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