Introduction
The Romanesque Gallery presents mainly Catalan works mostly belonging to the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries. However, pieces from before the Romanesque period are also displayed in the same section.
Romanesque art was the first mediaeval artistic movement to spread internationally across Europe.
The most emblematic pieces in the collection are the mural paintings which, due to their size and quality, characterize the tour. It is an exceptional series, considered unique in the world for this reason.
Most of the works were acquired around the first third of the twentieth century, to avoid the dispersal of an essential part of the artistic heritage. Of equal importance are the panel paintings, the woodcarvings, the stone sculptures and the metal and enamel work.
