page_title: Vall de Boí
section_title: Sant Joan de Boí
hierarchical_section_title: Vall de Boí / Main sights / Sant Joan de Boí
caption_attribution_description: Sant Joan de Boí, Vall de Boí This is a photo of a monument indexed in the Catalan heritage register of Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional and the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-51-0001298.
context_page_description: The Vall de Boí is a narrow, steep-sided valley and a small municipality in the province of Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, northern Spain. It lies in the northeastern corner of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, on the edges of the Pyrenees. It is the largest municipality of the region, with its main town being Barruera.
  The valley is best known for its nine Early Romanesque churches, making it the site of the densest concentration of Romanesque architecture in Europe. It was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 30 November 2000. The valley also includes the highest ski resort in the Pyrenees, at Boí-Taüll, and borders the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park which lies to the northeast.
context_section_description: The church of Sant Joan is situated at the entrance to the village of Boí which gives its name to the valley. The church has three naves, with apses at the eastern ends of the two side names.  The original timber roof has been replaced with stone.  The bell tower rises to the south of the southern nave.  The church was heavily renovated in the 18th century, but many of the renovations were removed in the 1960s.  Its paintings were removed in 1919 and taken to MNAC.
caption: Bell tower of Sant Joan in Boí.
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