Also known as Boi
Boí () is a village in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain. It lies at the centre of the valley and municipality of Vall de Boí in the comarca of Alta Ribagorça.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- single entity of population
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- La Vall de Boí
- Population
- 231
- Elevation
- 1273
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Image
- Sant Joan de Boí Catalonia.jpg
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- postal code
- 25528
- Commons category
- Boí
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- heritage designation
- historic grouping
- architectural style
- vernacular architecture
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Sant Joan de Boí
- References
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== Sant Joan de Boí == The Romanesque church of Sant Joan dates from the 12th century. It has three naves, and a bell tower, in the Lombard style, attached to the nave on the south side. Two of the three storeys are original story. It also has a notable a collection of paintings of the 12th century, depicting various mythical animals. The originals, the Paintings from Sant Joan in Boí, are in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona, and there are reproductions in the church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boí” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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