Santa Maria de Ripoll
Burial place · School or library
monastery in Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain
Location: 42.2015, 2.1911
What this place is
- School or library — Under abbot Oliba the scriptorium assembled the largest collection of books in the Iberian peninsula of its day; a catalogue was drawn up about the time of his death in 1046.
Who is recorded here
- Bernard I, Count of Besalú burial · AD 1020
In art
About the place
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll is a Benedictine monastery, built in the Romanesque style, located in the town of Ripoll in Catalonia, Spain. Although much of the present church is 19th century rebuilding, the sculptured portico is a renowned work of Romanesque art.
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