Saint Marc Chappel

CATALAN VERSIONSPANISH VERSION

REQUEST THE LOCATION

Former industrial zone located at the confluence of the Torrent de Sant Ignasi and the Cardener River, which has been rehabilitated in recent years, with a slow transformation in residential.

Type / Elements

Gothic building with a single rectangular nave with a slightly pointed roof reinforced by two pointed arches of bare stone. The head is straight and the presbytery is slightly raised. Its surface is approximately 120 m2. Two windows on the southern corner and a bull's eye on the west face are the illumination points of the enclosure. The portal is located on the west, it is half-way and vous. On each side of the door you can see, although very blurred, the shield of the city of Manresa sculpted in low relief. The façade ends with a simple belfry bell tower. Two buttresses at noon point the wall. On the north side of the tram, the chapel is attached to the houses. The device is operated with ashlars of different sizes arranged in spades, but in some places it is quite irregular and there are even pieces of brick and small stones.

Conservation state

Outside: Correct
Facades: Correct
Covers: Correct
Openings: Correct
Gardens / surroundings: Correct
Inside: good