Rubble and roughcast render on the rustic west front of the village church of Sant Pere del Serrat at El Serrat in the Ordino Valley, Andorra, founded in the late 1500s high in the eastern Pyrenees.
El Serrat, Ordino Valley, Andorra: the rustic village church of Sant Pere del Serrat has a round-arched entrance below a plain whitewashed cross, with a small bellcote rising at the apex of its wide gable above the rubble and roughcast facade. The church was built in the late 1500s to a rectangular plan. Inside, it has a wooden gallery and a late 16th century or early 17th century painted altarpiece or retable dedicated to Saint Peter. The small village of El Serrat, in Ordino parish, lies at an altitude of 1,540 meters (5,100 ft) at the confluence of two rivers in the Catalan-speaking eastern Pyrenees. It is the sixth and last village on the 14-km road that leads from the town of Ordino to the popular ski resort of Ordino Arcalís. Above El Serrat, the outstanding natural beauty of the mountainous landscape is preserved by an official ban on all new housing development.
Size: 2832px × 4256px
Location: El Serrat, Ordino Valley, Andorra.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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