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3 unusual facts about Santa Maria de Ripoll


Gesta comitum Barcinonensium

The Gesta comitum Barcinonensium et regum Aragoniae ("Deeds of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon") is a Latin chronicle composed in three stages by some monks of Santa Maria de Ripoll and recounting the reigns of the Counts of Barcelona from Wifred I (878–97) to James II (1291–1327), as late as 1299.

Santa Maria de Ripoll

At the bottom are various mythical animals commonly identified with the visions of the prophet Daniel.

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From 1070 to 1169 the monastery was governed by the Abbey of St. Victor of Marseille.



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