Santa Maria de Gerri

Located in the diocese of Urgell, the monastery contributed to the evangelization of the territory, which had been recently conquered by the Christians from the Moors.

In 996 the monastery was put under the director protection the Popes, and depended from the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.

The Romanesque church, built in the 12th century, has a nave and two aisles, without transept, and with three semi-circular apses.

The central apse is decorated by seven blind arcades, supported by pilasters with sculpted capitals, similar to those in the Sant Pere de Galligants monastery.

The same decorations, including vegetable motifs, fantastic animals, angels and biblical characters, characterizes the capitals of the church's interior.