Door of San Salvador - Bergondo, A Coruña, Galicia, España - Doorways of the World on Waymarking.com

" It is an old Benedictine convent, of which the church is currently preserved in good condition, although much renovated. It has a basilica floor plan with three naves and three apses. The naves are divided into four compartments, divided by pillars with semi-columns attached, which support the pointed arches.

The apses are covered by barrel and quarter-sphere vaults. The roof is made of gabled wood.


In the presbytery and on the south wall you can see two interesting medieval sarcophagi.

On its roof is the emblem of the wild boar, a symbol of the Andrades, a family that paid for the expenses caused by a fire in the fourteenth century.

The chapel of Santa Catalina, attached to the south wall, is dated between the 14th and 15th centuries. It has a cruciform vault and leaning columns. It also preserves medieval sarcophagi.

The cloister of the monastery was partially rehabilitated in 2004 by the Xunta de Galicia, after the cleaning of the building's surroundings began at the end of the 20th century, in charge of several workshop schools."

"The walls of the church are supported by solid buttresses and the main façade is adorned with semicircular archivolts on leaning columns. The door of the temple has two pairs of columns with leaf capitals and toric bases, which support a double splayed arch, sculpted with chess and reliefs. Two corbels support the tympanum adorned only with semicircular arches. As a result of a reform, he lost the belfry and the Romanesque rose window."
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Type of material of the door: Wood Functional door?: Yes Location of this door/way: On public property Is it accessable only by paid admission": No Style: Romanesque Address or physical location: Aldea Bergondiño, 1b, 15165 Bergondo, La Coruña, España

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Date Logged Log User Rating   07/17/2021 Ariberna visited it