Church of Sant Nazari de les Olives Verified listing

The church of Sant Nazari is located in the Olives annexation, about two kilometres northwest of the town of Peralada. It is a free-standing building with a single nave and a semi-circular apse, which has undergone numerous modifications over the years. The entrance, a simple lintelled doorway, is located in the centre. There is a semi-circular arch window in the apse, which still has an old slab roof, and a small elongated opening in the frontispiece. The nave, with whitewashed walls, has a brick vault ceiling and the apse has a quarter-sphere vault ceiling. The triumphal arch is semi-circular. The bell gable has a single opening. Sant Nazari de les Olives is a Romanesque building that likely dates to the 12th-13th centuries, although it has undergone numerous modifications over the years. The remains of the first building can be found in the apse; none of the nave’s medieval elements have been preserved.