Ancienne église Saint-Quentin d'Amélie-les-Bains

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The former Saint Quentin church of Amélie-les-Bains is a Roman and pre-Roman Catholic church built on part of the Roman baths of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, in the Eastern Pyrenees, and destroyed in 1932.

History: The cella Sancti Quintini is mentioned in 869 in a precept of Charles le Chauve. The church was changed in the 11th and 14th centuries. It was listed on the inventory of historic monuments in 1927, then removed in 1929 and destroyed in 1932 to allow the expansion of thermal installations.

Bibliography: (ca) "San Quintí dels Banys d'Arles", in Catalunya romànica, vol. XXV: El Vallespir. El Capcir. El Donasà. The Fenolleda. El Perapertuses, Barcelona, Fundació Enclopèdia Catalana, 1996 (read online). "Statue: Virgin with the Child sitting", notice no PM66000007, on the open platform of heritage, Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture. "Statue: Virgo à l'Enfant", notice no PM66000012, on the open platform of heritage, Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture. Jean-Bernard Mathon (ed.), Guillaume Dalmau and Catherine...