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Writing a detailed guide for Sant Joan de Caselles…
One of the finest Romanesque churches in the Pyrenees, Sant Joan de Caselles has a three-storey Lombard bell tower and a single nave with wooden ceiling. Behind the altar a rare 12th-century stucco Calvary scene survives — Christ on the cross flanked by the sun, the moon, and Roman soldiers — discovered hidden behind a Baroque altarpiece in 1963.
Fun facts
- The stucco Calvary is one of only a handful of complete Romanesque stucco compositions left in Europe.
- It was hidden for centuries behind a wooden Baroque retable installed in the 17th century.
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