Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí' has mentioned 'Wall' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Romanesque buttresses are generally of flat square profile and do not project a great deal beyond the wall. | WIKI |
| Arcading on a large scale generally fulfils a structural purpose, but it is also used, generally on a smaller scale, as a decorative feature, both internally and externally where it is frequently "blind arcading" with only a wall or a narrow passage behind it. | WIKI |
| The Corinthian capital is essentially round at the bottom where it sits on a circular column and square at the top, where it supports the wall or arch. | WIKI |
| The simplest type of vaulted roof is the barrel vault in which a single arched surface extends from wall to wall, the length of the space to be vaulted, for example, the nave of a church. | WIKI |
| The use of piers of rectangular plan to support arcades was common, as at Mainz Cathedral and St Gertrude Nivelle, and remained usual in smaller churches across Europe, with the arcades often taking the form of openings through the surface of a wall. | WIKI |
| Where wide expanses of wall existed, they were often plastered and painted. | WIKI |
| The large wall surfaces and plain curving vaults of the Romanesque period lent themselves to mural decoration. | WIKI |
| Unfortunately, many of these early wall paintings have been destroyed by damp or the walls have been replastered and painted over. | WIKI |
| The north wall of the nave would contain narrative scenes from the Old Testament, and the south wall from the New Testament. | WIKI |
| On the rear west wall would be a Doom painting or Last Judgement, with an enthroned and judging Christ at the top. | WIKI |
| All the attributes of the Outstanding Universal Value, such as the Lombard influences on the architecture and the sculptural decor, the floor plan, the accurate stone work on the wall surface, the square floor plan of the bell towers or the sculptural decor with blind arches, as well as the continued use of the churches by the community, are included within the boundaries of the property. | UNESCO |
| The main wall paintings, and most of the ancient artefacts were transferred in the early 20th century to the MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) in Barcelona for safety reasons, to avoid their being removed, plundered and subsequently exported to America, as had occurred with paintings in other churches in Catalonia. | UNESCO |