Santa Maria de Montalegre Church
The current church was built to replace an old medieval church that the nuns of the Cartuja de Montalegre built in the 13th century and that had become too small.
The new church was designed by the Barcelona architect August Font i Carreras and the Master Builder Domingo Balet between 1901 and 1902, the year in which it was consecrated.
It is a temple with a single nave and a cruciform floor plan with a dome in the transept and a semicircular presbytery attached to the transept, from which there is access to Carrer de Valldonzella.
In general terms, the decoration of the church is halfway between modernism and historicism, revisiting Eastern Roman and Romanesque art.
Location: Calle Valldonzella 19, Barcelona
Source: Wikipedia
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Plan
Plan signed by Domènec Balet dating from 07/17/1899. In darker black and in the shape of a Latin cross the new church. Maria Font Archive.
Recommendations to expand the information
Book of Santa Maria de Montalegre Church of the old House of Charity Centenary 1902 - 2002
If you want to know the whole history of this church, we recommend reading the book by Mr. Josep Masabeu y Tierno, Doctor of Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona. An illustrated book of 180 pages of essential reading that commemorates the 100 years of the Church (1902-2002).
