Church of Santa Coloma

The Church of Santa Coloma is one of the most ancient and beautiful historical sites in Andorra. It comprises a rectangular nave and a quadrangular apse and dates from the pre-Romanesque period, between the 8th and 9th centuries. The four-story Lombard-style circular bell tower was constructed around the 12th century, giving it its current look. It's the only one in Andorra and one of the Pyrenees' few.

The entire chancel of the church was covered in fresco murals that have been historically assigned to the Master of Santa Coloma, albeit they are not the work of just one artist. Many of the Romanesque paintings in Andorra and the Pyrenees are the result of nomadic painter workshops receiving the same instruction, prompting specialists to talk of schools like the Master of Santa Coloma's.