Iglesia de Santa Seclina - Caldes de Malavella, Barcelona, España - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

"Santa Seclina es una iglesia aislada situada en una vertiente del Puig Ventós que da nombre a una entidad de población del municipio de Caldes de Malavella (Selva). El edificio religioso es una obra incluida en el Inventario del Patrimonio Arquitectónico de Cataluña.

Es un edificio de nave única rectangular y de ábside semicircular. Adosada hay una casa de la rectoría con dos tostados de defensa, con un cupulino cónico y debajo una trompa. En el lado derecho hay un cementerio. En la parte lateral izquierda, hay un campanario de dimensiones desproporcionadas en relación a la iglesia, de base cuadrada aunque a la mitad aproximadamente toma una forma octogonal, con cuatro vanos de arco de medio punto y, cubierto por una pequeña cúpula con balaustrada de piedra artificial y un pararrayos. Hay dos pequeños adosamientos que en su interior se convierten en capillas. Tiene la fachada con decoración de estilo barroco y neoclásico. Portalada en arco plano con dintel y jambas de piedra. La puerta está flanqueada por dos pilastras de piedra artificial en cada lado, arriba, una cornisa moldurada separa las pilastras de un frontón triangular. Sobre la puerta una hornacina con cerámica y un pequeño rossetón moldurado. Una parte de la iglesia está rodeada por un cercado de piedra en pared rústico bastante antiguo. El conjunto está en estado de abandono, muy dañado.

Hay referencias de la iglesia como parroquia rural desde el siglo XIII . Seguramente a esta época pertenecen parte del muro de la nave y el ábside. A lo largo de los siglos XVIII y XIX se reformó y construyeron el campanario, la portalada y seguramente las capillas interiores.

El trovador catalán Cerverí de Girona menciona el lugar en su pastorela del siglo xiii "Entre Caldes e Penedes".

Santa Seclina se encuentra en el lugar donde el camino real de Palamós a Vidreres y Barcelona se separaba del camino real que unía Girona y Llagostera con Tossa. También es lugar de paso del itinerario que sigue el Camino del Peregrino de Tossa a su peregrinación anual hacia Santa Coloma de Farners."

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"Santa Seclina is an isolated church located on a slope of the Puig Ventós that gives its name to a population entity in the municipality of Caldes de Malavella (Selva). The religious building is a work included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia.

It is a building with a single rectangular nave and a semicircular apse. Attached there is a rectory house with two defensive towers, with a conical dome and a snout below. On the right side there is a cemetery. On the left side, there is a bell tower of disproportionate dimensions in relation to the church, with a square base although approximately in the middle it takes an octagonal shape, with four semicircular arch openings and, covered by a small dome with a stone balustrade. artificial and a lightning rod. There are two small townhouses that inside become chapels. It has a façade decorated in a baroque and neoclassical style. Flat arch doorway with stone lintel and jambs. The doorway is flanked by two artificial stone pilasters on each side, above, a molded cornice separates the pilasters from a triangular pediment. Above the door is a niche with ceramics and a small molded rosette. Part of the church is surrounded by a rather old rustic stone wall enclosure. The complex is in a state of abandonment, very damaged.

There are references to the church as a rural parish since the 13th century. Part of the nave wall and the apse surely belong to this period. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the bell tower, the portal and probably the interior chapels were renovated and built.

The Catalan troubadour Cerverí de Girona mentions the place in his 13th century pastorela "Entre Caldes e Penedes".

Santa Seclina is located in the place where the royal road from Palamós to Vidreres and Barcelona separated from the royal road that linked Girona and Llagostera with Tossa. It is also a stopover for the itinerary that follows the Pilgrim's Way of Tossa on its annual pilgrimage to Santa Coloma de Farners."

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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1250 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Católica Street address of Church: Calle Santa Seclina Caldes de Malavella, Girona España 17240 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed

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