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Sant Quirze de Pedret

Cercs, ES

Sant Quirze de Pedret

Sant Quirze de Pedret is a pre-Romanesque church in Cercs, Spain. It is one of the few tenth-century buildings in Catalonia and is known for its 12th-century Romanesque murals by the so-called Master of Pedret. The rich iconographic programme depicts a variety of ecclesiological and eschatological t

hemes that connect with the Late Antique and Byzantine artistic traditions in Italy and with the Gregorian reform movement. The murals' rediscovery and study in the early twentieth century significantly contributed to establishing the importance of Catalan Romanesque mural painting. The original murals were taken to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and the diocesan museum of Solsona for protection; copies have been painted in their original settings.

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