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Church of Sant Genís de Monells
Església de Sant Genís de Monels (in Catalan)
Sant Genís de Monells
Church of Sant Genís de Monells Location in Catalonia
41°58′31.5″N 2°59′47.7″E
Location	Monells, Catalonia
Country	Spain
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	11th century
Dedication	Saint Genesius
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Chapel
Style	Baroque, Gothic, Romanesque
Administration
Archdiocese	Tarragona
Diocese	Girona
Clergy
Rector	Josep Rovira

Sant Genís de Monells is a eleventh century Romanesque church located in the town of Monells, Spain.

History

The parish church of Sant Genís de Monells, although recorded as early as 1019, only its chevet remains of the original Romanesque structure. Through subsequent modifications made in the church, the nave and apse correspond to the Gothic style, while the western facade, with its portal and the bell tower, are Baroque. At the eastern wall of the church is the Gothic tombstone of the knight Arnau de Pontós, belonging to one of the most important families in the history of Monells.

History

Although documented as early as 1019, only its chevet remains of the original Romanesque structure. The belfry was left unfinished and the top was not built until the early twentieth century. The apse with its two radiating chapels was built in 1309, while most of the nave was built in the fourteenth century. The lateral chapels were a later addition, with the last two being built in 1702.

Inside the church, with its pointed arches and vaults, displays a certain unity of style. The nave and lateral chapels are Gothic, while the western facade, with its portal and the bell tower, are late Baroque of Rococo influence, flourished by a stone image of the pattern, with an elaborate ornamentation based on geometric reliefs, around the home, rosette and an oval porthole (with date of 1785). The keystones of the chancel stands tall, inscribed with the phrase Agnus Dei and adorned with two figureheads, presumingly depicting donors or benefactors.

To the floor are seventeenth and eighteenth century tombstones with the family shields of the local lineages Portós, Fàbrega, Estanyol, and Mas. Outside, embedded the south wall, is the thirteenth or fourteenth century tombstone of the knight Arnau de Pontós, with the crest of his lineal branch with its roots in Monells. Preserved at the Museum of Girona is a fourteenth century lipsanotheca placed in an altar, found in 1962 during the restoration of the church.

History

It is a Gothic building of a nave with side chapels, but with the front of late Baroque of Rococo influence, dominated by a stone image of the pattern, with an elaborate ornamentation based on geometric reliefs, around the home, rosette and an oval porthole (with date of 1785). The [cluck] dismissed unfinished upper was not built until the early twentieth century. Inside the temple, with pointed arches and turns of [creueria], presents a certain unity of style. The apse, with two radiating chapels, and was built 1309, and in the fourteenth century had to build most of the ship. The side chapels [hi] were added later (the last two are from 1702). Back the keys of the sanctuary stands the much larger, with [l ]['][ Agnus] Dei, and two heads that should represent the donors or benefactors. On the floor there are headstones [sepulcrals] of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with large shields of the local lineages [Porter], Fàbrega, Estanyol and More. Outside, embedded the south wall, is the tombstone Gothic (thirteenth or fourteenth century) the gentleman Arnau de Pont with the emblem of the branch of this lineage [arrel] to Monells. Museum of Girona is saved [lipsanoteca] that [col · crazy] the altar the 1310, 1962, meeting for the restoration of the church.

It is a Gothic building, a nave with side chapels, but in front of late Baroque, Rococo influence, dominated by a stone image of the pattern, with a complicated relief on the basis of geometric ornamentation, to the around the home, the rosette and oval porthole (with date of 1785). The belfry was left unfinished and the top was not built until the early twentieth century. Inside the church, with pointed arches and vaults, presents a certain unity of style. The apse, with two radial chapels, it was built in 1309, and in the fourteenth century it had to build most of the ship. The side chapels are then added later (the last two are from 1702). The keystones of the chancel stands a very large, with the Agnus Dei, and two heads that must represent the donors or benefactors. The soil there tombstones of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with large shields of local lineages Portos, Fàbrega, Estanyol and More. Outside, built on the south wall, there is the tombstone Gothic (thirteenth or fourteenth century) the knight Arnau de Pontos, with the emblem of the branch of this lineage that roots Monells. At the Museum of Girona lipsanoteca guards who placed the altar in 1310, found in 1962 during the restoration of the church.