{"id":266,"date":"2009-05-20T19:19:06","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_puck\/?p=266"},"modified":"2009-05-20T19:19:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T18:19:06","slug":"santa-coloma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_puck\/2009\/05\/santa-coloma\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Coloma"},"content":{"rendered":"

(5\/20\/2009)<\/em><\/p>\n

The oldest church in Andorra is Santa Coloma and it was built somewhere in the 9th or 10th century.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Church of Santa Coloma (Click for Hi-Res)<\/p><\/div>\n

The tower is reportedly an addition from the 12th century.<\/p>\n

\"Tower<\/a>

Tower detail (Click for Hi-Res)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tower<\/a>

Tower Detail 2 (Click for Hi-Res)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tower<\/a>

Tower Detail 3 (Click for Hi-Res)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Marker<\/a>

Marker at Santa Coloma (Click for Hi-Res)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The church actually has a stone roof as you can see here.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"More<\/a>

More detail of stone roof<\/p><\/div>\n

Unfortunately photographs were not permitted inside as it is still used as a church today.<\/p>\n

The church was looted during World War 2 and the frescoes were chiseled from the walls and taken by the Nazis.\u00a0 Fortunately, a large wood-carved shrine was pressed against the wall at the front of the church.\u00a0 When it was moved later, a hidden sanctuary was behind the shrine and some of the frescoes were preserved where it rested against the wall.<\/p>\n

I have found an image on the Internet of the church interior here:<\/p>\n

Hi-Res Image of Santa Coloma Interior with partial fresco<\/a><\/p>\n

(The white creature at the peak of the fresco is a lamb.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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