Stock photography picture of Detail Romanesque Portico Ripoll

B0FW1D - Licenced Caption Detail Romanesque Portico Ripoll Description Detail of the Portico. The Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll is a Benedictine monastery, built in the Romanesque style, located in the town of Ripoll in Catalonia. It was founded by the count Wilfred the Hairy (called Guifré el Pilós in Catalan) in 879, who used it as a centre to repopulate the region after conquering it. The monastery became the family mausoleum for the Catalan counts, and well as a great center of learning, with a large library. Keywords Europe, Spain, Girona, Architecture, Romanesque, Religion, Catalunya, Monasteries, Landmarks