Frescos: pillar and ceiling, San Andrés de Salardú, Val d'Aran, Haute Garonne, Lleida, Cataluña, Spain

            Presiding over the central altar is an exceptional piece. It is the Christ of Salardú. An image of the Crucified Christ of about 60 cm. carved, placed on a wooden processional cross, polychrome, with Romanesque motifs on the platforms at its ends. Of special beauty are the thuriferous angel and the image of resurrection that are above and below the carving of Christ .  12th century

The church of San Andrés de Salardú (in Occitan glèisa de Sant Andrieu de Salardú) is in the transitional Romanesque style from the 12th and 13th centuries, located in the upper part of the municipality of Alto Arán in the Catalan region of Valle de Arán.

It houses the carving of the Christ of Salardú, one of the most representative works of Aranese Romanesque.

The side portal has five decorated archivolts that rest on columns and capitals. In the same wall you can see two arcades. The bell tower is octagonal and added from the 15th century, it is made up of two floors, attached to the south-west angle, it is very slender and has loopholes that give it a defensive character. The head is formed by three semicircular apses with corbels and crowned by a belfry bell tower.

Inside, the plan is basilica, rectangular, with three naves, the central one covered with a pointed vault, supported by pillars and the lateral ones, by quarter-circular vaults reinforced with transverse arches.

The famous Cristo de Salardú, a Romanesque carving from the 12th century, presides over the main altar, with recently restored frescoes. It is the work of the same author of the Christ of Mitgarán.

Salardú is the capital of the Alto Arán municipality located in the Arán Valley in the province of Lérida, autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
It is located on the right bank of the Garonne River at the confluence with the Unhòla River, it is crossed by the regional road (C-28) that connects Viella and Medio Arán with Esterri de Aneu through the Bonaigua pass. The town of Salardú is located 4 kilometers from the Baqueira Beret ski resort.
Demography
The population consists of 679 registered inhabitants (2021). It is the largest population in the Municipality of Alto Arán.

Monuments and places of interest
Romanesque church of San Andrés de Salardú, from the 13th century.

Taken in: Spain / Catalonia / Naut Aran / Salardú (show map)

Taken on: July 7, 2022

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