Sant Esteve, Banyoles

The first record of a document written in the monastery is dated 822 by the abbot, Bonitus.

The first inhabitants of Banyoles settled around the monastery and remained for centuries under the feudal power of the abbot.

The architectural group that has survived is a mixture of styles, the product of different construction period.

They are valued for their historical importance, dated to the 11th century, with paintings of the late Gothic period.

The cypress wood box is coated with silver and shaped as a Gothic church, surrounded by seven figures which are also silver-coated.

Altar of Our Lady of Scale is a preserved mid-15th-century piece attributed to teacher Joan Antigó.

In the center of the altar, there is a 15th-century Gothic sculpture, Verge de l'Escala.