Espai Columba

TheEspai Columba (Columba means Coloma, in Latin) is a museum facility located in the Principality of Andorra, in the center of Santa Coloma. Basically, the important Romanesque wall paintings of the neighboring church of Santa Coloma are exhibited and contextualized there. The view of the Espai Columba is complementary to the visit to the church. It was inaugurated in 2019. The building responds to a project by the architect Jordi Batlle

Several liturgical objects are on display such as glass lamps from Santa Eulàlia d'Encamp; a library, a censer and a book from the twelfth century from Sant Romà de les Bonsː the Christ of Sant Martí de la Cortinadaː some metal crosses of Sant Jaume d'Engordany or a square decorated with Romanesque fresco painting of Sant Esteve d'Andorra la Vella.

However, the main piece and the raison d'être of the whole set are the mural paintings that decorated the head of the church of Santa Coloma, definitively recovered in 2007 aft...Read more

TheEspai Columba (Columba means Coloma, in Latin) is a museum facility located in the Principality of Andorra, in the center of Santa Coloma. Basically, the important Romanesque wall paintings of the neighboring church of Santa Coloma are exhibited and contextualized there. The view of the Espai Columba is complementary to the visit to the church. It was inaugurated in 2019. The building responds to a project by the architect Jordi Batlle

Several liturgical objects are on display such as glass lamps from Santa Eulàlia d'Encamp; a library, a censer and a book from the twelfth century from Sant Romà de les Bonsː the Christ of Sant Martí de la Cortinadaː some metal crosses of Sant Jaume d'Engordany or a square decorated with Romanesque fresco painting of Sant Esteve d'Andorra la Vella.

However, the main piece and the raison d'être of the whole set are the mural paintings that decorated the head of the church of Santa Coloma, definitively recovered in 2007 after a long and exciting journey. For technical and conservation reasons it was not possible to restore the pictorial set to its original context and it was chosen to present them as an independent piece, mounted on a steel and aluminum support that exactly reproduces the shape of the space where were originally found.

The iconography of the paintings is the usual in Romanesque apsidal ensembles, although with a different distribution of the subjects due to the characteristics of the site. The Maiestas Domini surrounded by the Tetramorph is on one side of the vault. On the other side of the vault, six apostles. On the front wall stands out, presiding over it, the image of a dove that here would have a double meaning, for the Holy Spirit and for Santa Coloma. There are also the full-body figures of St. Coloma, the Virgin Mary, St. Peter and St. Paul. On the opposite wall are the remains of two unidentified figures.

The exterior of the Columba Space is intended for urban art performances, in order to strengthen its projection.

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