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3 unusual facts about Santa Maria de Ripoll


Gesta comitum Barcinonensium

The Gesta comitum Barcinonensium et regum Aragoniae ("Deeds of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon") is a Latin chronicle composed in three stages by some monks of Santa Maria de Ripoll and recounting the reigns of the Counts of Barcelona from Wifred I (878–97) to James II (1291–1327), as late as 1299.

Santa Maria de Ripoll

At the bottom are various mythical animals commonly identified with the visions of the prophet Daniel.

From 1070 to 1169 the monastery was governed by the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.



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