The MNAC preserves the world’s most important and varied collection of Romanesque art. Highlights include the ensemble of mural paintings taken from churches in the Pyrenees. These include one of the masterpieces of world art: the apse of Sant Climent de Taüll. The reorganisation of the Romanesque art displays began on 15th November 2010 when the galleries closed to the public. They reopened on 30th June 2011 and, in addition to highlighting the mural paintings, the new gallery layout also puts in the spotlight objects created using other techniques which Catalan Romanesque art excelled in, such as painting on wood and wood sculpture, and metalwork and gigantic stone sculptures. The new layout also describes the evolution of the collection and the techniques for removing mural paintings.
Romanesque. New display
