Sant Pau de Fontclara is a parish church and former Benedictine monastery in the village of Fontclara, Palau-sator, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain. It was formerly dependent on Lagrasse Abbey.

Architecture and fittings

Of Romanesque design, further construction occurred to the building in the 16th and 17th centuries. Side chapels were added. It has a single nave with pointed vault and semicircular apse. The date of 1639 is recorded on the building. On the front facade, there is a bell gable with two recesses. Preserved in situ are some murals located on the arch and apse. There is a pediment with a bas relief depicting St. Paul and other paintings depicting the life of St. Paul.

Sant Pau, Fontclara

Bibliography

Pladevall, Antoni (2000). Guies Catalunya Romànica, El Baix Empordà. Barcelona Pòrtic. (in Catalán).

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17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1639

Benedictine monasteries in Catalonia

Buildings and structures in the Province of Girona

Romanesque architecture in Catalonia

1639 establishments in Spain

Sant Pau, Fontclara