Sant Vicenç Church Verified listing

The village and the church of Llançà are documented from the 10th century onwards as the belonging to the Sant Pere de Rodes Abbey, which enjoyed all the feudal rights over Llançà. A document from 1455 states that one of the monks of the community held the position of paborde (a general administrator for the canonry) of Llançà, a title that still existed in 1807. The economic boom resulting from the great production of wine and oil encouraged the demolition of the old Romanesque church and the construction of a new, larger and more majestic one between 1690-1765 inside the town surrounded by the walls. It was built on the former castle-palace of the abbots of Sant Pere de Rodes. The consecration of the new church took place on 7 January 1730 and in 1782 the sculptor Vicenç Real was commissioned with a monumental baroque altarpiece. During the Spanish Civil War, it was destroyed and turned into a barracks. Once the war was over, this place of worship was returned and restored.