Sant Pere, Besalú

Founded in 977 by Count Besalu of Girona, Bonfill Miró, it was placed under the patronage of the Holy See of Rome and secured the transfer of the relics of the Saints Primus and Felician.

Two years later, Pope Benedict VII granted the privilege to the monastery to choose an abbot.

Outside, the apse has a double deck at its edge, decorated with blind arcades and a sawtooth frieze.

The ambulatory consists of eight columns in pairs with carved capitals holding five arches on which the apse vault is located.

The theme of the capitals is varied from acanthus leaves to human figures, with one of them representing Herod the Great being advised by the devil and the Massacre of the Innocents.