Església de Sant Pere de les Puelles
Església de Sant Pere de les Puelles
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Lonely Planet review for Església de Sant Pere de les Puelles
Not a great deal remains of the original church or convent that has stood here since early medieval times. The church’s pre-Romanesque Greek-cross floor plan survives, as do some Corinthian columns beneath the 12th-century dome and a much-damaged Renaissance vault leading into a side chapel. It was around this church that the first settlement began to take place in La Ribera beyond the original city walls. In 985, a Muslim raiding force under Al-Mansur attacked Barcelona and largely destroyed the convent, killing or capturing the nuns.
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