Church of Sant Vicenç

During the 11th century, a number of stone churches—several as a part of Benedictine monastic complexes—began to be built in the area, though the earliest of these churches still had wooden trusses supporting the roofs.

This is the first known example of a basilica-plan church built with a dome in Western Europe, which represents the synthesis of sacred-building and meeting-hall typologies in the Roman tradition.

The transept, however, is short, barely emerging from the sides of the church, but still giving the structure a typical cruciform plan.

From afar, the church's exterior is notable for the prevailing regularity of straight lines, excepting the three semicircular apses.

Fragments from the three central vaults (of five) were restored in 1960 and are now displayed at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) in Barcelona.