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Ripoll ROMANIC The Gateway of the Monastery of Ripoll is one of the most spectacular examples of Romanic sculptural art. Built in the middle of the XII century it is divided into seven horizontal planes sculptured with figures and allegorical scenes defined by Jacint Verdaguer as "The Triumphal Arch of Christiandom" and "The Bible printed on the herart of Catalunya". The Gateway gives access to the temple of five naves and seves apses, a center of Benedictine monks founded in the year 879, influential in the Middle Age and known as "The Cradle of Catalunya". WOOL AND PEASANT FARMER'S WEDDING FESTIVAL:  
Each year in Ripoll the most important time in a shepherd's life is relived in a folkloric hue: shearing time, the period in which the wool of goats and sheep is gathered. Shepherds and sehpherds' apprentices shear the flocks in full view of the public and, with the fist wool, make a mattress for a double bed. Hence the connection with the "Casament a Pagès", the old-fashioned wedding held, whenever possible, with a real bride and groom. Relatives and unmarried townsmen fetch the bride-to-be at her home and accompany her through the streets on horseback to the church, where the groom awaits her arribal. The wedding ceremony takes place and, afterwards, the wedding banquet is hels in the main square.Distance from BEUDA: 16 km. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
