Iglesia Sant Genís - Monells, Girona, España - Medieval Churches on Waymarking.com

La iglesia de Monells aparece mencionada documentalmente desde el siglo xi , en el acta de dotación de la Canónica de Girona de 1019 , aunque el edificio actual es el resultado de diversas etapas constructivas: la nave y el ábside datan del siglo XIV ; se sabe que la cabecera ya estaba hecha en el año 1309 , y que la nave es posterior, posiblemente de unos años después.

Es un edificio de grandes dimensiones, de una nave con capillas laterales cabecera poligonal y tejado a dos vertientes. Tiene la fachada dividida verticalmente en tres cuerpos, en cuyo central se encuentra la puerta, de gran interés arquitectónico, donde está situada la puerta de acceso, de inspiración clásica; presenta una abertura de arco escarzano , entablamento y frontón circular, que aparece cortado y cuyos lados laterales se adelantan como si se abrieran para mostrar la puerta y la hornacina con la imagen. En el centro de la fachada hay un óculo con molduras , donde aparece inscrita de relieve la fecha de 1785. Un jefe de angelito separa ese conjunto del óculo ovalado superior que tiene decoración en relieve. El coronamiento es sinuoso, con cornisa moldurada y bolas de coronamiento. El campanario se eleva en el cuerpo izquierdo de la fachada; es de grandes dimensiones, de base cuadrada y cuerpo ochavado, con aberturas de arco de medio punto y la inscripción de 1788 en el ángulo.

The church of Monells has been mentioned in documents since the 11th century, in the Girona Canonical Endowment Act of 1019, although the current building is the result of various construction stages: the nave and apse date from the 14th century; It is known that the head was already made in the year 1309, and that the nave is later, possibly a few years later.

It is a large building, with a nave with side chapels, a polygonal head and a gabled roof. Its façade is divided vertically into three bodies, in the center of which is the door, of great architectural interest, where the access door is located, of classical inspiration; It presents an opening with an arch, entablature and a circular pediment, which appears cut and whose lateral sides come forward as if they were opening to show the door and the niche with the image. In the center of the façade there is an oculus with moldings, where the date 1785 appears inscribed in relief. A head of an angel separates this set from the upper oval oculus that has relief decoration. The crowning is sinuous, with a molded cornice and crowning balls. The bell tower rises in the left body of the facade; It is large, with a square base and an octagonal body, with semicircular arch openings and the inscription of 1788 in the corner.

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Building Materials: Stone

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