2024

THE ONLY VELLA

Religious buildings
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2024

PALAU DE LA PAERIA

Museums

The city hotel is located in a very beautiful building of the th century, the Palau de la Hundreds. The main façade is a Romanesque style, while the rear façade is neo-classical.

Built in the early th century, it is an emblematic work of the Romanesque civil architecture of Lleida. In the wedding room, the Gothic altarpiece of the th century presided over by the Virgin Mary. The municipal archives contain a real treasure, the Carta Pobla, the first constitution of the inhabitants of Lleida, which dates back to 1150.

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2024

LA CATEDRAL NUEVA

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

Built in the th century, the "new" cathedral is a Baroque building with a certain tendency to French classicism. The temple houses a representation of the Virgin of Montserrat, patron saint of Catalonia, a work signed by Josep Obiols.

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2024

ART MUSEUM JAUME MORERA

Museums

Founded in 1914 by the painter Jaume Morera, the museum has held various places before settling in the historic building of the ancient casino of Lleida. The tour offers a route through the art of the 1930 th century, during which we will be particularly interested in the avant-garde period of the s through the work of Leandre Cristòfol, considered one of the pioneers of surrealist sculpture in Catalonia.

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2024

FORMER HOSPITAL OF SANTA MARÍA

Monuments to visit

Built between the th and th centuries, this Gothic-Plateresque building is now the seat of the Institut Ilerdencs Institute. You will notice its central patio with a stone staircase which leads to a gallery of warhead arches.

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2024

CAPILLA DE SANT JAUME

Religious buildings

This little chapel was originally dedicated to the Virgin of Snow. Built in the Muslim era in what was the Christian quarter, at the corner of Carrer Major and Carrer Cavallers, it is now dedicated to the worship of Saint James (Sant Jaume in Catalan), which is why it is frequented by many pilgrims on their route to Compostelle.

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