Sant Joan, Foixà

[1] The church of Sant Joan de Foixà (Catalan for Saint John) was restored in 1058 by the countess Ermesinde of Barcelona to Berengar, bishop of Girona.

The entrance features a pointed frontispiece with four sloping archivolts supported by fluted columns with original capitals, a lintel and a pediment.

The capital on the left features a floral pattern while the right, two devouring monsters, a type of winged lion that swallow a person whole.

The lintel at the center features a small rhomboid emblem in bas-relief depicting tools of the trade of the master of the house.

The interior boasts adorned archways depicting fantastic animals, the comic and caricaturesque faces of people and floral ornaments, a remarkably popular decoration.