Sant Julià de Boada Church

Carrer Major, 4 | 17256 Sant Julià de Boada, Girona
Coordinates: 41.9853830000, 3.1219330000 (map)

The church in the township of Santa Julià de Boada, located in the municipality of Palau-sator, was built between the 9th and 10th century A.D. and is a rare example of pre-Romanesque architecture in Catalonia.

The building consists of a modestly sized nave and a trapezoidal apse. The nave is divided into two halves by a horseshoe-like arch whose shape is repeated for the arch towering above the clergy entrance. The stark way these precisely, very technically executed arches stand out in the compact space is a defining characteristic of the building.

In 1734, the Santa Julià de Boada church lost its parish status due to the catastrophic state of disrepair. After the adoption of Mendizábal decrees of 1836 that called for the confiscation of ineffectively used lands from the Catholic Church, the church building was used as a stable and a warehouse. In 1982, the building underwent restorations.

Address: Carrer Major, 4 | 17256 Sant Julià de Boada, Girona