Sant Salvador de la Vedella

Sant Salvador de la Vedella is a Benedictine monastery Catalonia, Spain. The Romanesque building is situated near the municipality of Cercs, in Berguedà comarca, province of Barcelona. It was founded by the monks of the Monastery of Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles in the year 830. Carlot Tavèrnoles became the abbot in the 835. After the 12th century its importance declined. Until the year 1580, it was associated with the seminary at La Seu d'Urgell.

Sant Salvador de la Vedella

Bibliography
  • Pladevall, Antoni (2001). Guies Catalunya Romànica, El Berguedà. Barcelona, Portic, ISBN 84-7306-697-9 (in Catalan).

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