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Church of Sant Genís dels Agudells
Download date: 19/12/2024
This is one of the 10 oldest parish churches in the city. It is thought to have been founded in 931, although the current building dates from 1571.
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Cultural heritage
A mediaeval complex
The Sant Genís dels Agudells complex is made up of a church, rectory and parish cemetery, where Manuel Carrasco i Formiguera is buried, and the 13TH-CENTURY farmhouse of Can Safont. The church has a single nave with a transept, chapels and a lintelled door. A fire damaged the parish church, burning a good part of its interior, at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936. Its characteristic bell tower dates from the 17th century. The Can Safont farmhouse has been rebuilt many times, however, and has lost its original appearance. In contrast, the rectory still maintains the worked stone on the windows and door, along with a semicircular arch. The facade of the church preserves a sculptured Gothic cross.
A cemetery in use
Boasting some thousand niches, the cemetery still holds burials. Only two cemeteries remain in Barcelona that are not municipally owned: this is one of them and the other is the Vallvidrera.
Location and contact
Location and contact
Church of Sant Genís dels Agudells
- Address:
- C Saldes, 3
- Districte:
- Horta-Guinardó
- Neighborhood:
- Sant Genís dels Agudells
- City:
- Barcelona
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